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Praesemionotus

Osteichthyes - Praesemionotidae

Taxonomy
Praesemionotus was named by Joerg (1969).

It was synonymized subjectively with Dipteronotus by Romano et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Praesemionotidae by van der Laan (2019).

Entered
by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2025-07-23; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2025-07-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Praesemionotus Joerg pp. 89, 94
2019Praesemionotus van der Laan p. 56

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
Halecomorphi(Cope 1872)
familyPraesemionotidaeJoerg 1969
genusPraesemionotusJoerg 1969

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Praesemionotus Joerg 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available