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Psephoderma anglicum

Osteichthyes - Placodontia

Taxonomy
Psephoderma anglicum was named by Meyer (1864). It is not extant. Its type locality is Aust Cliff bone bed (Leicester Museum), which is in a Rhaetian coastal conglomerate in the Westbury Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Psephoderma anglicum Meyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlacodontiaCope 1871
suborderCyamodontoideaNopcsa 1923
PlacochelyidaRomer 1956
genusPsephodermavon Meyer 1858
speciesanglicumMeyer 1864

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.

Psephoderma anglicum Meyer 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) Psephoderma anglicum (type locality: 122363)