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Casineria kiddi

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Casineria kiddi was named by Paton et al. (1999). Its type specimen is NMS G1993.54.1, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cheese Bay Shrimp Bed, which is in an Asbian carbonate dolomite/lime mudstone in the Gullane Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Casineria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Casineria kiddi Paton et al. p. 509 figs. 2, 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
genusCasineria
specieskiddi

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.

Casineria kiddi Paton et al. 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Asbian or 339.90000 to 335.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Casineria kiddi (type locality: 84940)