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Loxomma allmanni

Osteichthyes - Baphetidae

Taxonomy
Loxomma allmanni was named by Huxley (1862). Its type specimen is NMS G.1950.56.2, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Venturefair Pit, Gilmerton, which is in a Brigantian fluvial-lacustrine shale/limestone in the Gilmerton Ironstone Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Loxomma.

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by E. Dunne (authorized by R. Butler) on 2016-01-19; modified by E. Dunne on 2016-01-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Loxomma allmanni Huxley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
superfamilyBaphetoideaCope 1875
familyBaphetidae
subfamilyLoxommatinaeLydekker 1889
genusLoxommaHuxley 1862
speciesallmanni

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.

Loxomma allmanni Huxley 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Brigantian or 335.90000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom Loxomma allmanni (type locality: 132778)