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Callipurbeckia tendaguruensis

Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Callipurbeckiidae

Taxonomy
Lepidotes tendaguruensis was named by Arratia and Schultze (1999). Its type specimen is MB.f.7040a- b, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Tendaguru quarry XII, which is in a Tithonian estuary/bay marl in the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania.

It was recombined as Callipurbeckia tendaguruensis by López-Arbarello (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Lepidotes tendaguruensis Arratia and Schultze p. 138 figs. 2-12
2012Callipurbeckia tendaguruensis López-Arbarello p. 27

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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
familyCallipurbeckiidae
genusCallipurbeckia
speciestendaguruensis()

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.

Callipurbeckia tendaguruensis Arratia and Schultze 1999
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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: Tithonian or 152.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Tanzania (Lindi) Lepidotes tendagurensis (47183 type locality: 48367)