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Cuneognathus gardineri

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Cuneognathus gardineri was named by Friedman and Blom (2006). Its type specimen is MGUH VP 27637, a skull (left-lateral view), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cuneognathus gardineri type locality, which is in a Famennian lacustrine shale/mudstone in the Obrutschew Bjerg Formation of Greenland. It is the type species of Cuneognathus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Cuneognathus gardineri Friedman and Blom

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii()
genusCuneognathus
speciesgardineri

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†Cuneognathus gardineri Friedman and Blom 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available