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Baphetes planiceps

Osteichthyes - Baphetidae

Discussion

"Diagnostic at generic-level but not at specific-level. Retained as a valid species in the interests of taxonomic stability" Clack & Milner (2015)

Taxonomy
Baphetes planiceps was named by Owen (1854). Its type specimen is NHMUK R.4056/R.4183, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Albion Mine, Stellarton, which is in a Moscovian terrestrial coal in Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Baphetes planiceps Owen
1856Baphetes planiceps Roemer p. 783
1859Baphetes planiceps Owen p. 136
1860Baphetes planiceps Owen p. 184
1861Baphetes planiceps Owen p. 207
1902Baphetes planiceps Hay p. 418

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
superfamilyBaphetoideaCope 1875
familyBaphetidae
subfamilyBaphetinaeCope 1875
genusBaphetesOwen 1854
speciesplanicepsOwen 1854

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.

†Baphetes planiceps Owen 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Baphetes planiceps (type locality: 176017)