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Watsonichthys lotzi

Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae

Taxonomy
Acrolepis lotzi was named by Gürich (1923). It is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Watsonichthys lotzi by Gardiner (1962).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Acrolepis lotzi Gürich p. 34 figs. pl. 1; text-figs 2, 4-9
1962Watsonichthys lotzi Gardiner p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
Actinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyAcrolepidae
genusWatsonichthysAldinger 1937
specieslotzi(Gürich 1923)

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.

Watsonichthys lotzi Gürich 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Namibia Acrolepis lotzi (131110)