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 Parahaplolepis according to F. M. Elliott 2014
Sister taxa: Parahaplolepis alexandrae, Parahaplolepis anglica, Parahaplolepis canadensis, Parahaplolepis poppaea, Parahaplolepis tuberculata, Parahaplolepis westolli
Type specimen: GLAHM 152373, part and counterpart, a partial skull (Skull roof). Its type locality is Ardenrigg No. 6 Mine, which is in a Westphalian A fluvial-deltaic shale/coal in the Scottish Lower Coal Measures Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Ardenrigg No. 6 Mine
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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