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Eugyrinus wildi

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Hylonomus wildi was named by Woodward (1891). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Carre Heys near Trawden, Lancashire, which is in a Westphalian A terrestrial horizon in the Lower Coal Measures Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Eugyrinus.

It was recombined as Eugyrinus wildi by Schoch and Milner (2014), Clack and Milner (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Hylonomus wildi Woodward
2014Eugyrinus wildi Schoch and Milner p. 36
2015Eugyrinus wildi Clack and Milner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Dvinosauria
genusEugyrinusWatson 1921
specieswildi(Woodward 1891)

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.

Eugyrinus wildi Woodward 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: Westphalian A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom Eugyrinus wildi (type locality: 175970)