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Watsonichthys sphaerosideritarum

Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae

Taxonomy
Acrolepis sphaerosideritarum was named by Fritsch (1895). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NMP M 888, 889, part and counterpart.

It was recombined as Watsonichthys sphaerosideritarum by Štamberg (1991); it was recombined as Elonichthys sphaerosideritarum by Štamberg and Zajíc (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Acrolepis sphaerosideritarum Fritsch
1991Watsonichthys sphaerosideritarum Štamberg
2008Elonichthys sphaerosideritarum Štamberg and Zajíc

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyAcrolepidae
genusWatsonichthysAldinger 1937
speciessphaerosideritarum(Fritsch 1895)

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Stephanian B or 301.50000 to 301.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Czech Republic (Plzeň / Pilsen North) Watsonichthys sphaerosideritarum (type locality: 227301)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Czech Republic (Kladno) Elonichthys sphaerosideritarum (227334 227402) Watsonichthys sphaerosideritarum (227302)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Czech Republic (Central Bohemia) Elonichthys sphaerosideritarum (227319 227324 227344 227348 227351 227357 227409 227414 227415 227416 227418 227424 227425 227453)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Czech Republic (Liberec) Elonichthys sphaerosideritarum (227460)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Czech Republic (Mladá Boleslav) Elonichthys sphaerosideritarum (227311 227316)