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Gerpegezhus daniaoriundus

Osteichthyes - Syngnathiformes - Gerpegezhidae

Taxonomy
Gerpegezhus daniaoriundus was named by Schrøder and Carnevale (2025). Its type specimen is FUM-N-14039a+b, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Graven at Stendal Høje, which is in a Ypresian offshore ramp horizon in the Fur Formation of Denmark.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Gerpegezhus daniaoriundus Schrøder and Carnevale p. 373 figs. Figures 2–5, Tables 1–3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Syngnatharia
orderSyngnathiformes
familyGerpegezhidae
genusGerpegezhus
speciesdaniaoriundus

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.

†Gerpegezhus daniaoriundus Schrøder and Carnevale 2025
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. E. Schrøder and G. Carnevale 2025Gerpegezhus daniaoriundus n. sp. is unique in having the following combination of characters: body extremely elongate and slender, its depth contained about 15 times in SL; 39 or 40 vertebrae; caudal fin with 16 unbranched rays; dorsal fin with five rays; anal fin with 16 rays; pectoral fin with eight unbranched and unsegmented rays; body surface covered by two dorsal bilateral series of interconnected bony plates; dorsal component of the bony armor comprises two bilateral series of plates of 40 narrow and 36 subrectangular plates; ventral component of the body armor absent; up to 59 unpaired leaf-like appendages protruding from ventral part of body.
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: Bambach et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Denmark (Central Denmark Region) Gerpegezhus daniaoriundus (type locality: 278077)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Denmark Gerpegezhus daniaoriundus (67711 113028 120020 278078)