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Macropomoides orientalis

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae

Taxonomy
Macropomoides orientalis was named by Woodward (1942). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Hadjoula (AUB collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in Lebanon. It is the type species of Macropomoides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Macropomoides orientalis Woodward
1998Macropomoides orientalis Forey p. 353
2004Macropomoides orientalis Schultze p. 487

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
familyLatimeriidaeBerg 1940
genusMacropomoides
speciesorientalis

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.

†Macropomoides orientalis Woodward 1942
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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: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Macropomoides orientalis (type locality: 221233)