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Psephoderma sculptata

Osteichthyes - Placodontia

Taxonomy
Psephoderma sculptata was named by Rieppel (2002). It is not extant. Its type specimen is HUJ-Pal. T.R.I 98, an osteoderm. Its type locality is Makhtesh Ramon area, which is in an Illyrian/Fassanian marine limestone/shale in the Saharonim Formation of Israel.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Psephoderma sculptata Rieppel

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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
speciessculptata

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 sculptata Rieppel 2002
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Fassanian or 243.33000 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Israel (Negev) Psephoderma sculptata (type locality: 196711)