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Rhizodopsis robusta

Osteolepiformes - Megalichthyidae

Taxonomy
Rhizodopsis robusta was named by Woodward (1891). Its type specimen is BMNH P.4587 (scale) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Glatz, Silesia (BMNH), which is in a Moscovian terrestrial horizon in Poland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Rhizodopsis robusta Woodward p. 357 figs. pl. xvi, fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderOsteolepiformesBerg 1937
familyMegalichthyidae
genusRhizodopsisYoung 1866
speciesrobusta

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.

†Rhizodopsis robusta Woodward 1891
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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: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Poland Rhizodopsis robusta (type locality: 140144)