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Loxomma rankini

Osteichthyes - Baphetidae

Taxonomy
Loxomma rankini was named by Beaumont (1977). Its type specimen is GLAHM V2023, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Castlehill, near Carluke, which is in a Westphalian A terrestrial coal in the Lower Coal Measures Formation of the United Kingdom.

Entered
by E. Dunne (authorized by R. Butler) on 2016-01-19; modified by E. Dunne on 2016-01-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Loxomma rankini Beaumont

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
superfamilyBaphetoideaCope 1875
familyBaphetidae
subfamilyLoxommatinaeLydekker 1889
genusLoxommaHuxley 1862
speciesrankini

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.

†Loxomma rankini Beaumont 1977
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Diagnosis
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