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Globulodus elegans

Palaeoniscimorpha - Mesolepidae

Taxonomy
Globulodus elegans was named by Münster (1842). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Richelsdorf (Althaus coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale in the Kupferschiefer Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Platysomus elegans by Egerton (1949).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Globulodus elegans Münster p. 47 figs. Pl 15, fig 7
1843Globulodus elegans Agassiz p. 203
1949Platysomus elegans Egerton
1969Globulodus elegans Gardiner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeoniscimorphaLund et al. 1995
familyMesolepidae
genusGlobulodus
specieselegans

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.

†Globulodus elegans Münster 1842
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Diagnosis
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