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Xeradipterus hatcheri

Osteichthyes - Dipteriformes - Holodipteridae

Taxonomy
Xeradipterus hatcheri was named by Clement and Long (2010). Its type specimen is WAM 07.1.308, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Paddys Valley, which is in a Frasnian intrashelf/intraplatform reef lime mudstone/shale in the Gogo Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Xeradipterus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Xeradipterus hatcheri Clement and Long

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassDipnomorpha(Ahlberg 1991)
superorderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
orderDipteriformes
familyHolodipteridaeGorizdro-Kulczycka 1950
genusXeradipterus
specieshatcheri

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.

†Xeradipterus hatcheri Clement and Long 2010
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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, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Frasnian or 382.31000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Xeradipterus hatcheri (type locality: 136090)