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Atopocephala watsoni

Redfieldiiformes - Brookvaliidae

Taxonomy
Atopocephala watsoni was named by Brough (1934). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Atopocephala watsoni Brough

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
orderRedfieldiiformesBerg 1940
familyBrookvaliidaeBerg 1940
genusAtopocephala
specieswatsoni

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.

†Atopocephala watsoni Brough 1934
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Triassic or 237.00000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4South Africa (Free State) Atopocephala watsoni (220878)