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Axitectum georgi

Osteichthyes - Bystrowianidae

Taxonomy
Axitectum georgi was named by Novikov and Shishkin (2000). Its type specimen is PIN 953/392, an osteoderm (Armor scute with posterior part broken off), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Okunevo (Fedorovka River), which is in an Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Axitectum.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Axitectum georgi Novikov and Shishkin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
suborderChroniosuchiaTatarinov 1972
familyBystrowianidaeVjushkov 1957
subfamilyAxitectinae
genusAxitectum
speciesgeorgi

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.

†Axitectum georgi Novikov and Shishkin 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Olenekian or 249.90000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Kirov) Axitectum georgi (type locality: 93104)