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Gephyrostegus watsoni

Gephyrostegidae

Taxonomy
Gephyrostegus watsoni was named by Brough and Brough (1967). Its type specimen is DMSW B 65, a partial skeleton (partial skull with girdles and limbs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nyrany, which is in a Westphalian D lacustrine coal in the Kladno Formation of the Czech Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Gephyrostegus watsoni Brough and Brough p. 158 figs. 6A, 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
suborderGephyrostegida
familyGephyrostegidaeJaekel 1909
genusGephyrostegusJaekel 1902
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.

†Gephyrostegus watsoni Brough and Brough 1967
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Diagnosis
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