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Acentrophorus varians

Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoniscus varians was named by Kirkby (1862). Its type specimen is Hancock Museum, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Fulwell Hill, old quarry, fish bed, Sunderland, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Raisby Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Acentrophorus varians by Traquair (1877), Woodward (1895), Hay (1902), Gill (1923) and Gardiner (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Palaeoniscus varians Kirkby p. 267
1877Acentrophorus varians Traquair p. 565
1895Acentrophorus varians Woodward p. 51
1902Acentrophorus varians Hay p. 374
1923Acentrophorus varians Gill p. 34 fig. 1
1960Acentrophorus varians Gardiner p. 353

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
—Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderSemionotiformes
familySemionotidae
genusAcentrophorusTraquair 1877
speciesvarians()

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.

†Acentrophorus varians Kirkby 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:41:44
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:03:17
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 272.30000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian279.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Udmurtia) Acentrophorus varians (187322)
Late/Upper Kazanian272.5 - 268.0Russian Federation Acentrophorus varians (197540)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation Acentrophorus varians (109484 197598 197601 198777)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) Palaeoniscus varians (type locality: 122376)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom Acentrophorus varians (131700 131701 131702)