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Avonichthys manskyi

Taxonomy
Avonichthys manskyi was named by Wilson et al. (2018). Its type specimen is NSM016GF025.001, a partial skull (braincase), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Horton Bluff lighthouse, Blue Beach, which is in a Tournaisian lacustrine deltaic shale/sandstone in the Horton Bluff Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Avonichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Avonichthys manskyi Wilson et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
genusAvonichthys
speciesmanskyi

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.

†Avonichthys manskyi Wilson et al. 2018
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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: Tournaisian or 358.90000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Canada (Nova Scotia) Avonichthys manskyi (type locality: 200573)