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Undina purbeckensis

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae

Taxonomy
Undina purbeckensis was named by Woodward (1916). Its type specimen is BMNH, a partial skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Undina purbeckensis Woodward p. 22 figs. Pl. 4:1
1998Undina purbeckensis Forey p. 341
2004Undina purbeckensis Schultze p. 487

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassActinistia(Cope 1870)
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
suborderLatimerioidei(Schultze 1993)
familyLatimeriidaeBerg 1940
subfamilyLatimeriinaeBerg 1940
genusUndinaMunster 1834
speciespurbeckensis

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.

Undina purbeckensis Woodward 1916
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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, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available