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Brachydegma caelatum

Palaeonisciformes - Dicellopygidae

Taxonomy
Brachydegma caelatum was named by Dunkle (1939). Its type specimen is MCZ 6503, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Brachydegma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Brachydegma caelatum Dunkle p. 263 figs. Pl 1, figs A,B; text-figs 1,2
1973Brachydegma caelatum Daly p. 567

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyDicellopygidaeRomer 1945
genusBrachydegma
speciescaelatum

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.

†Brachydegma caelatum Dunkle 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:35:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:35:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Oklahoma) Brachydegma caelatum (67945)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Brachydegma caelatum (117998 160779)