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Lethiscus

Osteichthyes - Lethiscidae

Taxonomy
Lethiscus was named by Wellstead (1982). It is not extant. Its type is Lethiscus stocki.

It was assigned to Lethiscidae by Wellstead (1982), Carroll (1988), Carroll et al. (1998).

Species
L. stocki (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Lethiscus Wellstead
1988Lethiscus Carroll
1998Lethiscus Carroll et al. p. 179

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
suborderAistopoda
familyLethiscidaeWellstead 1982
genusLethiscusWellstead 1982

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. †Lethiscus Wellstead 1982
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†Lethiscus stocki Wellstead 1982
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Holkerian to the top of the Asbian or 346.70000 to 335.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holkerian - Asbian346.7 - 335.9United Kingdom (Scotland) L. stocki (140937)