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Lethiscus stocki

Lethiscidae

Taxonomy
Lethiscus stocki was named by Wellstead (1982). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wardie Shore, north of Edinburgh, which is in a Holkerian/Asbian lacustrine shale in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Lethiscus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Lethiscus stocki Wellstead
1998Lethiscus stocki Carroll et al. p. 179

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
suborderAistopoda
familyLethiscidaeWellstead 1982
genusLethiscusWellstead 1982
speciesstocki

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.

†Lethiscus stocki Wellstead 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available