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Glenconnorichthys jamesi

Rhadinichthyiformes - Willomorichthyidae

Taxonomy
Glenconnorichthys jamesi was named by Evans (2005) [Unpublished PhD thesis]. Its type specimen is SAM 13553, a partial skeleton (fish without fins, in counterpart), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Schiethoogte 279, which is in a Tournaisian lacustrine - large mudstone/marl in the Waaiport Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Glenconnorichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Glenconnorichthys jamesi Evans pp. 69-71 figs. 3.11a-b, pl. 3.33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
Actinopterygii()
orderRhadinichthyiformes
familyWillomorichthyidae
genusGlenconnorichthys
speciesjamesi

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.

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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

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 - 346.7South Africa (Eastern Cape) Glenconnorichthys jamesi (type locality: 226927)