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Dendrysekos helogenes

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Dendrerpetidae

Taxonomy
Dendrysekos helogenes was named by Steen (1934). It is not extant. Its type specimen is RM 2.1188, a partial skeleton (skull table and several isolated bones). Its type locality is Coal Mine Point; Divison 4, Section XV, coal-group 15, which is in a Westphalian A mire/swamp sandstone/coal in the Joggins Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Dendrysekos.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Dendrysekos helogenes Steen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
familyDendrerpetidae(Fritsch 1885)
genusDendrysekos
specieshelogenes

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.

Dendrysekos helogenes Steen 1934
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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: Uhen 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Westphalian A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Canada (Nova Scotia) Dendrysekos helogenes (type locality: 28069 175937)