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Chirodipterus potteri

Dipnoi - Chirodipteridae

Taxonomy
Chirodipterus potteri was named by Kemp (2000). Its type specimen is AM F 90544, a set of teeth (left upper tooth plate with some attached bone), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Catombal Range locality, which is in a Devonian marginal marine sandstone in the Columbine Sandstone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Chirodipterus potteri Kemp

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
orderDipnorhynchiformes
familyChirodipteridae
genusChirodipterusGross 1933
speciespotteri

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.

†Chirodipterus potteri Kemp 2000
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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: Devonian or 419.62000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Devonian419.62 - 358.86Australia (New South Wales) Chirodipterus potteri (type locality: 136235 136236)