Where: Greenland (73.5° N, 23.2° W: paleocoordinates 3.4° S, 3.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Britta Dal Formation (Celsius Bjerg Group), Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: MGUH
Primary reference: E. Jarvik. 1952. On the fish-like tail in the ichthyostegid stegocephalians with descriptions of a new stegocephalian and new crossopterygian from the Upper Devonian of East Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 114(12):190 [R. Butler/E. Dunne/E. Dunne]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176216: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 01.02.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Acanthostega gunnari n. gen. n. sp.
Acanthostega gunnari n. gen. n. sp. Jarvik 1952 tetrapod MGUH VP 6085 (Holotype; incomplete skull roof)
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