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Pholidophorus granulatus

Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae

Taxonomy
Pholidophorus granulatus was named by Egerton (1854). Its type specimen is DCM, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. obesus, P. retrodorsalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Pholidophorus granulatus Egerton p. 434 figs. d. 8. pl. 4
1855Pholidophorus granulatus Egerton
1919Pholidophorus granulatus Woodward p. 106

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderPholidophoriformes
familyPholidophoridae
genusPholidophorus
speciesgranulatus

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.

†Pholidophorus granulatus Egerton 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Diet: suspension feederf
Created: 2013-12-06 12:48:42
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:48:42
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum
References: Lombardo and Tintori 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: Berriasian or 145.00000 to 139.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8United Kingdom (England) Pholidophorus granulatus (52301)