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Acentrophorus varians

Osteichthyes - 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), Gardiner (1960).

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2007-05-07; modified by M. Clapham on 2013-10-27

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
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
—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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kazanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 274.40000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian277.3 - 266.9Russian Federation (Udmurtia) Acentrophorus varians (187322)
Late/Upper Kazanian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Acentrophorus varians (197540)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Acentrophorus varians (109484 197598 197601 198777)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom Acentrophorus varians (131700 131701 131702)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (England) Palaeoniscus varians (type locality: 122376)