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Oxygnathus egertoni

Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Taxonomy
Cosmolepis egertoni was named by Egerton (1858). Its type specimen is BMNH P.3508, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Barrow-on-Soar, Enniskillen collection, which is in a Planorbis marine limestone in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Cosmolepis.

It was recombined as Oxygnathus egertoni by Woodward (1890), Woodward (1891).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Cosmolepis egertoni Egerton figs. Pl 1
1890Oxygnathus egertoni Woodward p. 432
1891Oxygnathus egertoni Woodward p. 520

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyPalaeoniscidaeVogt 1852
genusOxygnathus
speciesegertoni()

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.

†Oxygnathus egertoni Egerton 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:35:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:35:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Planorbis or 201.30000 to 196.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Cosmolepis egertoni (type locality: 122158) Oxygnathus egertoni (122157)