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Ichthyostega stensioei

Osteichthyes - Ichthyostegidae

Taxonomy
Ichthyostega stensioei was named by Säve-Söderbergh (1932). It is not extant. Its type locality is East Plateau, Celsius Berg, which is in a Famennian terrestrial horizon in Greenland. It is the type species of Ichthyostega.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Ichthyostega stensioei Save-Soderbergh
1932Ichthyostega stensioei Säve-Söderbergh

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
familyIchthyostegidaeSave-Soderbergh 1932
genusIchthyostega
speciesstensioei

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.

Ichthyostega stensioei Säve-Söderbergh 1932
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Greenland Ichthyostega stensioei (type locality: 176225)