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Spondylerpeton

Osteichthyes - Archeriidae

Taxonomy
Spondylerpeton was named by Moodie (1912). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Archeriidae by Panchen (1970), Carroll (1988).

Species
S. spinatum

Synonyms
  • Spondylerpeton spinatum was named by Moodie (1912). Its type specimen is Yale U. Mus. No. 793 (126), a set of vertebrae, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mazon Creek, which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone/siderite in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

    It was considered a nomen vanum by Simpson (1945), Panchen (1970).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Spondylerpeton Moodie
1912Spondylerpeton spinatum Moodie
1970Spondylerpeton Panchen p. vii
1988Spondylerpeton Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
suborderEmbolomeri
familyArcheriidaeKuhn 1965
genusSpondylerpeton

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.

G. †Spondylerpeton Moodie 1912
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Invalid names: Spondylerpeton spinatum Moodie 1912 [nomen vanum]
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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Illinois) S. spinatum (79598)