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Qikiqtania wakei

Taxonomy
Qikiqtania wakei was named by Stewart et al. (2022). Its type specimen is NUFV 137, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NV0401, which is in a Devonian terrestrial sandstone in the Fram Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Qikiqtania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Qikiqtania wakei Stewart et al. p. 564

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—ElpistostegaliaCamp and Alison 1961
genusQikiqtania
specieswakei

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.

†Qikiqtania wakei Stewart et al. 2022
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Devonian or 382.70000 to 358.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Devonian382.7 - 358.9Canada (Nunavut) Qikiqtania wakei (type locality: 231988)