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Phareodus testis

Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Osteoglossidae

Taxonomy
Phareodus testis was named by Cope (1877). It is a compression fossil. It is the type species of Dapedoglossus.

It was recombined as Dapedoglossus testis by Cope (1878), Woodward (1901).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Phareodus testis Cope p. 807 figs. 5B, 6-8
1878Dapedoglossus testis Cope
1901Dapedoglossus testis Woodward p. 75
1902Phareodus testis Hay p. 393

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—Osteoglossocephala
superorderOsteoglossomorpha
orderOsteoglossiformesBerg 1940
familyOsteoglossidaeBonaparte 1832
subfamilyOsteoglossinaeNelson 1968
genusPhareodus
speciestestis

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.

†Phareodus testis Cope 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:33:46
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:33:30
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Phareodus testis (134737)