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Elonichthys robisoni

Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoniscus robisoni was named by Hibbert (1835). Its type specimen is NMS 1950.38.92, 1878.18.8 (syntypes), a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Elonichthys robisoni by Woodward (1891).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. browni, E. robinsoni

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Palaeoniscus robisoni Agassiz p. 88
1835Palaeoniscus striolatus Agassiz p. 91
1835Amblypterus nemopterus Agassiz p. 107
1835Pygopterus bucklandi Agassiz p. 217
1835Palaeoniscus robisoni Hibbert
1836Amblypterus nemopterus Agassiz figs. Pl 4b, figs 1,2
1836Palaeoniscus robisoni Agassiz figs. Pl 10a, figs 1,2
1836Palaeoniscus striolatus Agassiz figs. Pl 10a, figs 3,4
1843Pygopterus bucklandi Agassiz p. 77
1877Elonichthys intermedius Traquair
1877Elonichthys nemopterus Traquair
1877Elonichthys ovatus Traquair
1877Elonichthys striolatus Traquair
1880Elonichthys dunsii Traquair
1880Elonichthys tenuiserratus Traquair
1891Elonichthys bucklandi Woodward p. 496
1891Elonichthys robisoni Woodward p. 496

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyElonichthyidae
genusElonichthysGiebel 1848
speciesrobisoni(Hibbert 1835)

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.

†Elonichthys robisoni Hibbert 1835
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Invalid names: Amblypterus nemopterus Agassiz 1835 [synonym], Elonichthys bucklandi Agassiz 1835 [synonym], Elonichthys dunsii Traquair 1880 [synonym], Elonichthys intermedius Traquair 1877 [synonym], Elonichthys ovatus Traquair 1877 [synonym], Elonichthys striolatus Agassiz 1835 [synonym], Elonichthys tenuiserratus Traquair 1880 [synonym]
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: base of the Asbian to the top of the Pennsylvanian or 340.00000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Elonichthys ovatus (175812) Elonichthys robisoni (21323 174063 176673)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Elonichthys robisoni (229831 229974 230398 230413 230414 230421 230424 230445 230448 230471 230473 230474 230477 230478 230479 230480)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9USA (Scotland) Elonichthys robisoni (230375)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Elonichthys robisoni (229861 229961 230355 230363 230377 230383 230386 230412 230416 230443 230449 230450 230467) Elonichthys robisoni, Elonichthys bucklandi, Elonichthys striolatus, Elonichthys ovatus (229937)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Elonichthys robisoni (229839 229842 229857 230466)
Brigantian - Pendleian336.0 - 327.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Elonichthys robisoni (230376)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Elonichthys robisoni (140305 174421 229838 229840)
Pendleian - Arnsbergian330.9 - 323.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Elonichthys robisoni (229829)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7Belgium Elonichthys robisoni (228892)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9United Kingdom Elonichthys bucklandi (140938) Elonichthys robisoni, Elonichthys bucklandi (140936)