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Ctenognathichthys hattichi

Actinopteri - Louwoichthyiformes - Louwoichthyidae

Taxonomy
Ctenognathichthys hattichi was named by Bürgin and Herzog (2002). Its type specimen is PIMUZ A/I 2847, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is summit of Strel, Kanton Graubünden, which is in a Fassanian marine horizon in the Prosanto Formation of Switzerland. It is the type species of Ctenognathichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Ctenognathichthys hattichi Bürgin and Herzog p. 462 figs. 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderLouwoichthyiformes
familyLouwoichthyidae
genusCtenognathichthys
specieshattichi

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.

Ctenognathichthys hattichi Bürgin and Herzog 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektobenthicg
Diet: durophageg
Created: 2013-12-06 12:55:26
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:55:26
Source: g = genus, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lombardo and Tintori 2005

Age range: Fassanian or 242.00000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Switzerland Ctenognathichthys hattichi (type locality: 139024)