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Ichthyostega eigili

Osteichthyes - Ichthyostegidae

Taxonomy
Ichthyostega eigili was named by Säve-Söderbergh (1932). Its type specimen is MGUH VP 6004, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Plateau, Celsius Berg, which is in a Famennian terrestrial horizon in Greenland.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Ichthyostega eigili Säve-Söderbergh
1932Ichthyostega wimani Säve-Söderbergh

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
familyIchthyostegidaeSave-Soderbergh 1932
genusIchthyostega
specieseigili

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.

†Ichthyostega eigili Säve-Söderbergh 1932
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Invalid names: Ichthyostega wimani Säve-Söderbergh 1932 [objective synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Greenland Ichthyostega eigili (type locality: 176225 239427)