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Brittagnathus minutus

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Brittagnathus minutus was named by Ahlberg and Clack (2020). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NHMD 116368, a mandible (complete right lower jaw ramus). Its type locality is southeast side of Stensiö Bjerg, which is in a Famennian terrestrial sandstone in the Britta Dal Formation of Greenland. It is the type species of Brittagnathus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Brittagnathus minutus Ahlberg and Clack

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
genusBrittagnathus
speciesminutus

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.

†Brittagnathus minutus Ahlberg and Clack 2020
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 365.20000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Greenland (Gauss Peninsula) Brittagnathus minutus (type locality: 208696)