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Occidens portlocki

Osteichthyes - Whatcheeriidae

Taxonomy
Occidens portlocki was named by Clack and Ahlberg (2004). Its type specimen is GSM 28498, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is near Maghera/Draperstown, Londonderry, which is in a Tournaisian/Visean terrestrial horizon in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Occidens portlocki Clack and Ahlberg pp. 310-311 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
familyWhatcheeriidae
genusOccidens
speciesportlocki

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.

†Occidens portlocki Clack and Ahlberg 2004
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tournaisian to the top of the Visean or 358.86000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian - Visean358.86 - 330.3United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Occidens portlocki (type locality: 173986)