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Ganorhynchus oblongus

Dipnoi

Taxonomy
Ganorhynchus oblongus was named by Cope (1892). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mansfield, which is in a Famennian marine sandstone in the Catskill Formation of Pennsylvania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Ganorhynchus oblongus Cope p. 225
1902Ganorhynchus oblongus Hay p. 352

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
suborderDipnorhynchina
genusGanorhynchusTraquair 1873
speciesoblongus

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.

Ganorhynchus oblongus Cope 1892
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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: Famennian or 372.20000 to 358.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (Pennsylvania) Ganorhynchus oblongus (type locality: 164511)