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Seroherpeton yangquanensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Seroherpeton yangquanensis was named by Chen and Liu (2020). It is not extant. Its type specimen is YQZY JZ 1, a partial skull. Its type locality is Cuifeng Mountain, Yangquan, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial mudstone in the Sunjiagou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Seroherpeton yangquanensis Chen and Liu

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

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.

†Seroherpeton yangquanensis Chen and Liu 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Shanxi) Seroherpeton yangquanensis (type locality: 216281)