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Palaeorutilus papyraceus

Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae

Taxonomy
Cyprinus papyraceus was named by Bronn (1828). It is a mold. Its type locality is Rott, which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - small shale in Germany.

It was recombined as Leuciscus papyraceus by Agassiz (1832), Agassiz (1835), Agassiz (1839); it was recombined as Palaeorutilus papyraceus by Gaudant (1988); it was recombined as Palaeoleuciscus papyraceus by Gaudant (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Cyprinus papyraceus Bronn p. 380
1832Leuciscus papyraceus Agassiz p. 132
1835Leuciscus papyraceus Agassiz figs. Pl 56, figs 1-5
1839Leuciscus papyraceus Agassiz p. 31
1988Palaeorutilus papyraceus Gaudant p. 832 figs. 1, 2
1996Palaeoleuciscus papyraceus Gaudant p. 92

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otocephala
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
Otophysi
superorderCyprinae
orderCypriniformesBleeker 1859
familyCyprinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPhoxininae
genusPalaeorutilus
speciespapyraceus()

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: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:40:14
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:02
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: MP 30 or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) Cyprinus papyraceus, Palaeorutilus papyraceus (type locality: 84606)