Paramblypterus gelberti GOLDFUSS, 1847

By oilshale

• July 15, 2019

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Paramblypteriformes Heyler 1969
Family: Incertae sedis
Genus: Paramblypterus
Species: Paramblypterus gelberti
Author Citation GOLDFUSS, 1847

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Permian
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Early
International Age: Asselian

Stratigraphy

Glan Group
Meisenheim Formation
L-08

Provenance

Collector: T. Bastelberger
Date Collected: 08/01/1970
Acquired by: Field Collection

Dimensions

Length: 24 cm

Location

Jeckenbach
Bad Kreuznach district
Rhineland-Palatinate
Germany

• asselian
• jeckenbach
• meisenheim formation
• paramblypterus
• permian
• tff-oilshale-ch1935

Comments

Taxonomy from Fossilworks.org.

Emended diagnosis from Dietze 2003, p. 942: "Little ornamentation of parietals, postparietals, extrascapulars, posttemporals, dermosphenotics, supratemporals and supracleithra. Parietals with lateral process. One or two medial extrascapular(s). Additional lateral extrascapulars do not contact opercle. Rostral tapering anteriorly. Sclerotic bones absent. Five `suborbital' bones. Maxillary plate deep. One to three dermohyal bones. `Spiracular' rounded. Eight branchiostegal rays. D-values of scales higher than 2:0: 42 6 2 scale rows along lateral line. Area of serrated scales on body not tapering towards anal fin. Ornamentation of scales fairly prominent."

Line drawing from Dietze 2003, p. 942:

Identified by oilshale.

Reference:

Kathrin Dietze (2003): A Revision Of Paramblypterid And Amblypterid Actinopterygians From Upper Carboniferous–Lower Permian Lacustrine Deposits Of Central Europe. Palaeontology 43(5):927 - 966. DOI:10 .1111/1475-4983.00156