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Hongkongichthys youngi

Osteichthyes - Osteolepidiformes - Tristichopteridae

Taxonomy
Hongkongichthys youngi was named by Wang (1997). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is IVPP V11486, a dermal scale, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PCR-16, Plover Cove Reservoir, which is in a Devonian/Devonian deltaic siliciclastic in the Bluff Head Formation of Hong Kong. It is the type species of Hongkongichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Hongkongichthys youngi Wang p. 56 figs. Pl 1, figs A-D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassOsteolepidida(Boulenger 1901)
orderOsteolepidiformes
suborderCyclolepidoidei
familyTristichopteridaeCope 1887
genusHongkongichthys
speciesyoungi

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Devonian or 393.47000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31Hong Kong Hongkongichthys youngi (type locality: 275905)