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Moythomasia perforata

Actinopteri

Taxonomy
Aldingeria perforata was named by Gross (1942). Its type specimen is NRM P.6240, a partial skull (Skull roof preserved in dorsal view), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Kokenhusen, which is in a Frasnian marine horizon in Latvia. It is the type species of Moythomasia, Aldingeria.

It was recombined as Moythomasia perforata by Choo (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Aldingeria perforata Gross
2015Moythomasia perforata Choo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
genusMoythomasiaGross 1950
speciesperforata(Gross 1942)

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.

†Moythomasia perforata Gross 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Frasnian or 383.70000 to 382.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Latvia (Koknese) Aldingeria perforata (197072)