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Iniopteryx rushlaui

Chondrichthyes - Iniopterygia - Iniopterygidae

Taxonomy
Iniopteryx rushlaui was named by Zangerl and Case (1973). Its type specimen is FMNH PF6678, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. It is the type species of Iniopteryx.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
I. rushlau

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Iniopteryx rushlaui Zangerl and Case p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
orderIniopterygiaZangerl and Case 1973
familyIniopterygidaeZangerl and Case 1973
genusIniopteryx
speciesrushlaui

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.

†Iniopteryx rushlaui Zangerl and Case 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Moscovian to the top of the Kasimovian or 315.20000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Indiana) Iniopteryx rushlaui (130880 131229 132119 132120)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Nebraska) Iniopteryx rushlaui (132112)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Iowa) Iniopteryx rushlaui (132116 132118)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) Iniopteryx rushlaui (132113 132117)