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Microbrachiidae

Placodermi - Bothriolepidiformes - Microbrachiidae

Taxonomy
Microbrachiidae was named by Stensiö (1931). Its type is Microbrachium.

It was assigned to Euantiarcha by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Bothriolepidiformes by van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Microbrachiidae Stensiö p. 157
2016Microbrachiidae Nelson et al. p. 38
2019Microbrachiidae van der Laan p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
Antiarchi(Cope 1885)
orderBothriolepidiformes
familyMicrobrachiidaeStensiö 1931
familyMicrobrachiidaeStensiö 1931

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.

Fm. †Microbrachiidae Stensiö 1931
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G. †Hohsienolepis P’an and Wang 1978
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Hohsienolepis hsintuensis P’an and Wang 1978
G. †Microbrachius Traquair 1888
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Microbrachius chuandongensis Wang and Zhang 1999
Microbrachius dicki Traquair 1888
Microbrachius kedoae den Blaauwen et al. 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:32:58
Modified: 2004-08-17 16:32:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Late/Upper Givetian or 399.50000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47China (Yunnan) Microbrachius chuandongensis (239488)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95China Hohsienolepis hsintuensis (238363)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Yunnan) Microbrachius sinensis (239489)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31United Kingdom (Scotland) Microbrachius dicki (197265 238511 238522)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4Belarus Microbrachius kedoae (225887)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Estonia Microbrachius dicki (225778)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31United Kingdom (Scotland) Microbrachius dicki (238523)