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Gavinia syntrips

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Miguashaiidae

Taxonomy
Gavinia syntrips was named by Long (1999). Its type specimen is NMV P160710, a skull (crushed head showing the cheek, lower jaws, part of the snout, quadrate, operculum, hyomandibular, parts of the hyoid arch, and some anterior trunk scales), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fork of the Howqua River at the base of Mt Howitt, which is in a Givetian lacustrine - small limestone in the Bindaree Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Gavinia syntrips Long pp. 42 - 47 figs. 3-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
familyMiguashaiidaeSchultze 1993
genusGavinia
speciessyntrips

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.

Gavinia syntrips Long 1999
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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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Givetian or 383.40000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Australia (Victoria) Gavinia syntrips (type locality: 173457 196710)