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Adelogyrinus simorhynchus

Adelospondyli - Adelogyrinidae

Taxonomy
Adelogyrinus simorhynchus was named by Watson (1929). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pentland Oil Works, near Loanhead, which is in a Visean marine shale in the West Lothian Oil Shale Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Adelogyrinus simorhynchus Watson
1998Adelogyrinus simorhynchus Carroll et al. p. 161

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
Choanata
Stegocephali()
orderAdelospondyliWatson 1930
familyAdelogyrinidaeWatson 1930
genusAdelogyrinusWatson 1928
speciessimorhynchus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Adelogyrinus simorhynchus (type locality: 175811 176673)