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

Birgeria acuminata

Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae

Taxonomy
Saurichthys acuminatus was named by Agassiz (1843). Its type specimen is BRSUG 7976 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rhaetic Bone Bed, Aust Cliff, which is in a Rhaetian coastal conglomerate in the Westbury Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Severnichthys acuminatus by Storrs (1994); it was recombined as Birgeria acuminata by Stensiö (1921), Duffin and Gazdzicki (1977), Bürgin and Furrer (1992), Diependaal and Reumer (2021) and de Lange et al. (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Saurichthys acuminatus Agassiz figs. Pl 55a, figs 1-5
1844Saurichthys longiconus Plieninger p. 119 figs. pl. xii; figs. 90, 91
1844Saurichthys listroconus Plieninger p. 120 figs. pl. xii; fig. 81
1876Saurichthys acuminatus Henry p. 414
1895Saurichthys acuminatus Woodward p. 21
1908Saurichthys acuminatus Amthor p. 95 figs. Pl 2, figs 8-14
1921Birgeria acuminata Stensiö
1977Birgeria acuminata Duffin and Gazdzicki p. 338 figs. Pl 1, fig 8
1992Birgeria acuminata Bürgin and Furrer p. 934 figs. 1-7
1994Severnichthys acuminatus Storrs pp. 234-235 figs. 5B-F, 6
2002Saurichthys acuminatus Chhabra and Mishra p. 153 figs. pl. 1, figs. 5-6
2021Birgeria acuminata Diependaal and Reumer p. 3 figs. 2e-f
2023Birgeria acuminata de Lange et al. p. 7 figs. 5E-G

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

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyBirgeriidaeBerg 1940
genusBirgeriaStensiö 1919
speciesacuminata()

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.

Birgeria acuminata Agassiz 1843
show all | hide all
Invalid names: Saurichthys listroconus Plieninger 1844 [synonym], Saurichthys longiconus Plieninger 1844 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available