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Elginerpeton

Elginerpetontidae

Taxonomy
Elginerpeton was named by Ahlberg (1995). Its type is Elginerpeton pancheni.

It was assigned to Tetrapoda by Swartz (2012); and to Elginerpetontidae by Ahlberg (1995), Clack and Milner (2015).

Species
E. pancheni (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Elginerpeton Ahlberg
2012Elginerpeton Swartz
2015Elginerpeton Clack and Milner p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
familyElginerpetontidae
genusElginerpetonAhlberg 1995

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.

G. †Elginerpeton Ahlberg 1995
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†Elginerpeton pancheni Ahlberg 1995
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

Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 375.20000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15United Kingdom (Scotland) E. pancheni (176215)