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Protopsephurus

Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Polyodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Protopsephurus Lu pp. 135, 140-141
1996Protopsephurus Grande and Bemis p. 108 fig. 11
2002Protopsephurus Grande et al.
2006Protopsephurus Grande and Hilton p. 2
2010Protopsephurus Zhou and Wang

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderAcipenseriformesBerg 1940
familyPolyodontidaeBonaparte 1838
subfamilyProtopsephurinae
genusProtopsephurus

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. †Protopsephurus Lu 1994
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Nei Mongol) P. sp. (103654)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57China (Liaoning) P. liui (101022 134420)