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Hynerpeton bassetti

Taxonomy
Hynerpeton bassetti was named by Daeschler et al. (1994). Its type specimen is ANSP 20053,, a set of postcrania (pectoral girdle), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Red Hill Locality, which is in a Famennian channel sandstone in the Catskill Formation of Pennsylvania. It is the type species of Hynerpeton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Hynerpeton bassetti Daeschler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
genusHynerpeton
speciesbassetti

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.

†Hynerpeton bassetti Daeschler et al. 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaters
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiouss
Created: 2014-05-14 10:58:17
Modified: 2014-05-14 10:58:17
Source: s = species, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Daeschler et al. 1994

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 364.70000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Pennsylvania) Hynerpeton bassetti (type locality: 35044)