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Acanthostega gunnari
Taxonomy
Acanthostega gunnari was named by Jarvik (1952). Its type specimen is MGUH VP 6033, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wimans Bjerg, Gauss Halvø, which is in a Famennian terrestrial horizon in the Britta Dal Formation of Greenland. It is the type species of Acanthostega.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1952 | Acanthostega gunnari Jarvik |
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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.
†Acanthostega gunnari Jarvik 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 364.70000 to 360.70000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Famennian | Greenland | Acanthostega gunnari (type locality: 176216) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Greenland (Gauss Peninsula) | Acanthostega gunnari (208696) |