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Pholiderpeton bretonense

Osteichthyes - Eogyrinidae

Taxonomy
Pholiderpeton bretonense was named by Romer (1958). Its type specimen is MCZ 2772, a mandible, and it is a mold. Its type locality is near Point Edward, which is in a Serpukhovian/Bashkirian terrestrial siltstone in the Point Edward Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Pholiderpeton bretonense Romer
1970Pholiderpeton bretonense Panchen p. 50

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
suborderEmbolomeri
familyEogyrinidaeWatson 1929
genusPholiderpeton
speciesbretonense

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Serpukhovian to the top of the Bashkirian or 330.30000 to 315.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian - Bashkirian330.3 - 315.2Canada (Nova Scotia) Pholiderpeton bretonense (type locality: 175248)