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Elpistostege watsoni

Osteolepiformes - Panderichthyidae

Taxonomy
Elpistostege watsoni was named by Westoll (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shore of River Ristigouche, Miguasha, which is in a Frasnian estuary/bay shale in the Escuminac Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Elpistostege watsoni Westoll p. 128
2016Elpistostege watsoni Borgen and Nakrem

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderOsteolepiformesBerg 1937
suborderCyclolepidoidei
superfamilyEopodoidea
familyPanderichthyidaeVorobyeva and Larskaja 1968
subfamilyElpistosteginae
genusElpistostege
specieswatsoni

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.

†Elpistostege watsoni Westoll 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Frasnian or 382.70000 to 372.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (Quebec) Elpistostege watsoni (type locality: 179176)