Osteichthyes - Actinopterygii - Haplolepidae
Full reference: F. M. Elliott. 2014. A new haplolepid fauna (Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii) from the Lower Coal Measures of Scotland: Westphalian A; Langsettian, Carbonicola communis chronozone (Bashkirian). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 105(3):207-225
Belongs to Protohaplolepis according to F. M. Elliott 2014
Sister taxa: Protohaplolepis isabellae, Protohaplolepis limnades, Protohaplolepis scotica
Type specimen: GLAHM 152375, a partial skull (Skull roof). Its type locality is Ardenrigg Colliery, pit number 6, Wester Bracco, which is in a Westphalian A fluvial-deltaic shale/coal in the Scottish Lower Coal Measures Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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