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Mayomyzon pieckoensis

Agnatha - Petromyzontiformes

Taxonomy
Mayomyzon pieckoensis was named by Bardack and Zangerl (1968). Its type specimen is FMNH PF5687, a skeleton, and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Area 3, Pit 11, Peabody Coal Company, which is in a Moscovian marine shale in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Mayomyzon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Mayomyzon pieckoensis Bardack and Zangerl p. 1265 figs. Fig. 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
classAgnathaCope 1889
—HyperoartiaMüller 1844
orderPetromyzontiformesBerg 1940
genusMayomyzon
speciespieckoensis

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.

†Mayomyzon pieckoensis Bardack and Zangerl 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2009-12-09 04:57:12
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:08:06
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Illinois) Mayomyzon pieckoensis (type locality: 132078)