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Rabdiolepis gwyneddensis

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae

Taxonomy
Rabdiolepis gwyneddensis was named by Bock (1959). Its type specimen is ANSP Bock 31 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Gwynedd Tunnel (thin shales), which is in a Norian pond shale in the Lockatong Formation of Pennsylvania.

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by M. Carrano on 2021-06-30; modified by M. Carrano on 2021-07-01

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Rabdiolepis gwyneddensis Bock p. 12 figs. Pl. 2:fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassActinistia(Cope 1870)
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
suborderLatimerioidei(Schultze 1993)
familyMawsoniidaeSchultze 1993
genusRabdiolepisNewberry 1878
speciesgwyneddensis

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Diagnosis
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