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Palaeomolgophis scoticus

Adelospondyli - Adelogyrinidae

Taxonomy
Palaeomolgophis scoticus was named by Brough and Brough (1967). Its type specimen is R.S.M.1902.100.1, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Curly Shale, Pumpherston, which is in a Visean terrestrial horizon in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Palaeomolgophis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Palaeomolgophis scoticus Brough and Brough p. 113 figs. 5-11
1998Palaeomolgophis scoticus Carroll et al. p. 160

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
—Choanata
—Stegocephali()
orderAdelospondyliWatson 1930
familyAdelogyrinidaeWatson 1930
genusPalaeomolgophisBrough and Brough 1967
speciesscoticus

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.

†Palaeomolgophis scoticus Brough and Brough 1967
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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: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Palaeomolgophis scoticus (type locality: 174063)