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Macropoma mantelli

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae

Taxonomy
Macropoma mantellii was named by Agassiz (1835). Its type specimen is BMNH 4219, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Macropoma mantelli by Owen (1859), Woodward (1891) and Schultze (2004).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Amia lewesiensis Mantell
1833Macropoma lewesiensis Agassiz p. 13
1835Macropoma mantellii Agassiz p. 55
1837Macropoma mantellii Agassiz figs. Pl 65a(bis), figs 1-11; pl 65b, figs 1-4; pl 65c, figs 1-5; pl 65d, figs 1-3
1843Macropoma mantellii Agassiz p. 174
1859Macropoma mantelli Owen p. 127
1891Macropoma mantelli Woodward p. 416 figs. pl. XIV, fig. 3
1998Macropoma lewesiensis Forey p. 324
2004Macropoma mantelli Schultze p. 487

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
familyLatimeriidaeBerg 1940
subfamilyLatimeriinaeBerg 1940
genusMacropoma
speciesmantelli()

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.

Macropoma mantelli Agassiz 1835
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Invalid names: Amia lewesiensis Mantell 1822 [synonym]
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: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Macropoma mantelli (140628)