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Foreyia maxkuhni

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae

Taxonomy
Foreyia maxkuhni was named by Cavin et al. (2017). Its type specimen is PIMUZ A/I 4620, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ducanfurgga DF4, bed 141, which is in a Fassanian basinal (carbonate) lime mudstone in the Prosanto Formation of Switzerland. It is the type species of Foreyia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Foreyia maxkuhni Cavin et al. p. 1 fig. 1,2,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
familyLatimeriidaeBerg 1940
subfamilyTicinepomiinae
genusForeyia
speciesmaxkuhni

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.

Foreyia maxkuhni Cavin et al. 2017
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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: Fassanian or 242.00000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Switzerland Foreyia maxkuhni (type locality: 189575 189576) Ticinepomis peyeri (153770)