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Grandfieldia callilepidota

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Rhabdolepidae

Taxonomy
Grandfieldia callilepidota was named by Daly (1973). Its type specimen is FM UF 1059, a partial skeleton (partial skull with shoulder girdle and pectoral fins), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is southwest of Grandfield, which is in a Kungurian fluvial shale/sandstone in the Hennessey Formation of Oklahoma. It is the type species of Grandfieldia.

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2006-12-15; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Grandfieldia callilepidota Daly p. 564

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyRhabdolepidae
genusGrandfieldia
speciescallilepidota

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