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Pseudogonatodus parvidens

Elonichthyiformes - Gonatodidae

Taxonomy
Gonatodus parvidens was named by Traquair (1882). Its type specimen is NMS 1926.57.19, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Pseudogonatodus.

It was recombined as Pseudogonatodus parvidens by Gardiner (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Gonatodus parvidens Traquair
1891Gonatodus parvidens Woodward p. 435 figs. pl. xvi, fig. 1
1967Pseudogonatodus parvidens Gardiner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
Actinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyGonatodidae
genusPseudogonatodus
speciesparvidens(Traquair 1882)

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.

Pseudogonatodus parvidens Traquair 1882
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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: Pendleian or 330.90000 to 327.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Pseudogonatodus parvidens (type locality: 174421 229828 229838 229840)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0United Kingdom (England) Pseudogonatodus parvidens (22726)
Pendleian - Arnsbergian330.9 - 323.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Pseudogonatodus parvidens (229829)