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Pyritocephalus rudis

Haplolepidae

Taxonomy
Pyritocephalus rudis was named by Westoll (1944). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Hancock museum, a partial skull (Skull roof). Its type locality is Cannel shale, Newsham, which is in a Westphalian B marine shale in the Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Pyritocephalus rudis Westoll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
Actinopterygii()
familyHaplolepidaeWestoll 1944
subfamilyParahaplolepinaeLowney 1983
genusPyritocephalusFritsch 1893
speciesrudis

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Pyritocephalus rudis Westoll 1944
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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: Westphalian B or 314.60000 to 314.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian B314.6 - 314.6United Kingdom (England) Pyritocephalus rudis (type locality: 229823)