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Hassiacoscutum munki

Osteichthyes - Bystrowianidae

Taxonomy
Hassiacoscutum munki was named by Witzmann et al. (2019). Its type specimen is SMNK-PAL 9104, an osteoderm, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Korbach Fissure, which is in a Wuchiapingian fissure fill mudstone/mudstone in the Werra Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Hassiacoscutum.

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by B. Gee on 2021-02-18

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Hassiacoscutum munki Witzmann et al. figs. 2-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
suborderChroniosuchiaTatarinov 1972
familyBystrowianidaeVjushkov 1957
genusHassiacoscutum
speciesmunki

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.

†Hassiacoscutum munki Witzmann et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available