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Edenopteron keithcrooki

Osteichthyes - Osteolepidiformes - Tristichopteridae

Taxonomy
Edenopteron keithcrooki was named by Young et al. (2013). Its type specimen is ANU V3426 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Boyds Tower, which is in a Famennian fluvial mudstone in the Worange Point Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Edenopteron.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Edenopteron keithcrooki Young et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassOsteolepidida(Boulenger 1901)
orderOsteolepidiformes
suborderCyclolepidoidei
familyTristichopteridaeCope 1887
subfamilyMandageriinae
genusEdenopteron
specieskeithcrooki

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.

Edenopteron keithcrooki Young et al. 2013
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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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

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 - 358.86Australia (New South Wales) Edenopteron keithcrooki (type locality: 235656)