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Elonichthys portlocki

Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae

Taxonomy
Amblypterus portlocki was named by Egerton (1850). It is a 3D body fossil.

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

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Amblypterus portlocki Egerton
1891Elonichthys portlocki Woodward p. 499

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyElonichthyidae
genusElonichthysGiebel 1848
speciesportlocki(Egerton 1850)

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 portlocki Egerton 1850
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Tournaisian to the top of the Serpukhovian or 358.90000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Elonichthys portlocki (229472 229473)
Holkerian - Asbian346.7 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) Elonichthys portlocki (229814 229815)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2United Kingdom (England) Elonichthys portlocki (229865)