Cosmoptychius Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | †
Cosmoptychiidae Gardiner, 1963 |
Genus: | †
Cosmoptychius Traquair, 1877 |
Species: | †C. striatus
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†Cosmoptychius striatus (
Agassiz, 1835)
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Cosmoptychius is an extinct genus of freshwater and estuarine ray-finned fish that lived during the Mississippian epoch. [1] [2] It contains a single species, C. striatus from the Visean of Scotland. [3] It has a wide stratigraphic range in the Wardie Shale, with many specimens known. [4] [5]
Initially classified as either a palaeonisciform (a now- paraphyletic group of basal actinopterygians) [6] or the earliest stem-group neopterygian, it is now generally considered a stem-group actinopteran. [7]
Cosmoptychius Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | †
Cosmoptychiidae Gardiner, 1963 |
Genus: | †
Cosmoptychius Traquair, 1877 |
Species: | †C. striatus
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Binomial name | |
†Cosmoptychius striatus (
Agassiz, 1835)
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Synonyms | |
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Cosmoptychius is an extinct genus of freshwater and estuarine ray-finned fish that lived during the Mississippian epoch. [1] [2] It contains a single species, C. striatus from the Visean of Scotland. [3] It has a wide stratigraphic range in the Wardie Shale, with many specimens known. [4] [5]
Initially classified as either a palaeonisciform (a now- paraphyletic group of basal actinopterygians) [6] or the earliest stem-group neopterygian, it is now generally considered a stem-group actinopteran. [7]