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Mylacanthus lobatus

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae

Taxonomy
Mylacanthus lobatus was named by Stensiö (1921). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mt. Andersson, which is in a Smithian marine shale in the Kongressfjellet Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Mylacanthus lobatus Stensiö p. 108 figs. Pl. 18, Figs. 1,4
1998Mylacanthus lobatus Forey p. 356
2004Mylacanthus lobatus Schultze p. 486

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
familyCoelacanthidaeAgassiz 1843
genusMylacanthus
specieslobatus

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.

†Mylacanthus lobatus Stensiö 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2013-12-06 11:55:00
Modified: 2013-12-06 11:55:00
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lombardo and Tintori 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: Smithian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Mylacanthus lobatus (type locality: 120228 120298)