Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Aesopichthys erinaceus

Aesopichthyidae

Taxonomy
Aesopichthys erinaceus was named by Poplin and Lund (2000). Its type specimen is CM 48550, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bear Gulch (Carnegie Museum Collection), which is in an Arnsbergian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Heath Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Aesopichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Aesopichthys erinaceus Poplin and Lund p. 429 figs. 3-13,20

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
familyAesopichthyidae
genusAesopichthys
specieserinaceus

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.

†Aesopichthys erinaceus Poplin and Lund 2000
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Arnsbergian or 327.00000 to 323.70000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (Montana) Aesopichthys erinaceus (type locality: 90681 116654 116655 116656 116657 116659 116763 116764)