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Camuropiscis laidlawi

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Camuropiscidae

Taxonomy
Camuropiscis laidlawi was named by Dennis and Miles (1979) [= BMNH P50866-7.]. Its type specimen is WAM 91.2.1, a skeleton (An almost complete uncrushed head and trunk shield, anterior and posterior superognathals, left inferognathal, sub-median-dorsal plate and a few vertebrae.), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality No. 20, Stromatoporoid Camp Area, which is in a Frasnian marine horizon in the Gogo Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Camuropiscis laidlawi Dennis and Miles pp. 7-27 figs. 5, 6, 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
RankNameAuthor
Arthrodira(Woodward 1891)
orderPhlyctaeniiformes
suborderBrachythoraciGross 1932
Coccosteomorphi
familyCamuropiscidaeDennis and Miles 1979
genusCamuropiscisDennis and Miles 1979
specieslaidlawi

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.

Camuropiscis laidlawi Dennis and Miles 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2004-08-17 14:23:32
Modified: 2004-08-17 16:33:26
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
Reference: 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) Camuropiscis laidlawi (type locality: 172213)