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Chondrosteus acipenseroides

Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Chondrosteidae

Taxonomy
Chondrosteus acipenseroides was named by Egerton (1858). Its type specimen is BMNH P3361, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Enniskillen collection, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Chondrosteus crassior Egerton
1858Chondrosteus acipenseroides Egerton p. 871 figs. Pl 67; pl 68, fig 2; pl 69
1858Chondrosteus crassior Egerton p. 883 figs. Pl 68, fig 1; pl 70
1887Chondrosteus acipenseroides Traquair figs. 1-5
1895Chondrosteus acipenseroides Woodward p. 27 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-5
2006Chondrosteus acipenseroides Grande and Hilton p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderAcipenseriformesBerg 1940
suborderChondrosteoideiGrande and Bemis 1991
familyChondrosteidaeEgerton 1858
genusChondrosteus
speciesacipenseroides

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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Invalid names: Chondrosteus crassior Egerton 1858 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:46:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:46:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Sinemurian or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Chondrosteus acipenseroides (122153 type locality: 122155) Chondrosteus acipenseroides, Chondrosteus crassior (122154)