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Willomorichthys striatulus
Taxonomy
Willomorichthys striatulus was named by Gardiner (1969). Its type specimen is SAM, a partial skeleton (a rather distorted fish with tail missing), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Soetendalsvlei, which is in a Tournaisian lacustrine - large mudstone/marl in the Waaiport Formation of South Africa.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1969 | Willomorichthys striatulus Gardiner pp. 43-442 figs. 10-12 |
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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.
†Willomorichthys striatulus Gardiner 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Tournaisian or 358.90000 to 346.70000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tournaisian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Willomorichthys striatulus (type locality: 226926 226927 226990) |