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Echidnocephalus tenuicaudus

Taxonomy
Echidnocephalus tenuicaudus was named by von der Marck (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Area around Sendenhorst, which is in a Campanian carbonate lime mudstone in the Ahlen Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Echidnocephalus tenuicaudus von der Marck p. 248
1863Echidnocephalus tenuicaudus von der Marck p. 56 figs. Pl 8, figs 2,3; pl 14, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
genusEchidnocephalus
speciestenuicaudus

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.

†Echidnocephalus tenuicaudus von der Marck 1858
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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: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Echidnocephalus tenuicaudus (213198 type locality: 221711 221712)