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Ferganiscus osteolepis

Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Taxonomy
Ferganiscus osteolepis was named by Sytchevskaya and Kakolev (1999) [Name ascribed to these authors in this reference.]. Its type specimen is PIN 3267/17a, b, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Madygen, PIN collection 3267, which is in a Carnian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan. It is the type species of Ferganiscus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Ferganiscus osteolepis Sytchevskaya and Kakolev

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyPalaeoniscidaeVogt 1852
genusFerganiscusSytchevskaya and Kakolev 1999
speciesosteolepisSytchevskaya and Kakolev 1999

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.

†Ferganiscus osteolepis Sytchevskaya and Kakolev 1999
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Kyrgyzstan (Ösh) Ferganiscus osteolepis (type locality: 200781)