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Baphetes kirkbyi

Baphetidae

Taxonomy
Baphetes kirkbyi was named by Watson (1929). Its type specimen is HMG 15.69, 15.70, and 15.71, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pirnie Colliery, which is in a Kashirian terrestrial horizon in the Parrot Coal Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Baphetes kirkbyi Watson
1929Baphetes latirostris Watson

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

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 kirkbyi Watson 1929
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Invalid names: Baphetes latirostris Watson 1929 [objective synonym]
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

Age range: base of the Westphalian B to the top of the Kashirian or 316.90000 to 311.45000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2United Kingdom (England) Baphetes kirkbyi (176241)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Baphetes kirkbyi (176242)
Westphalian B - Westphalian C316.9 - 309.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Baphetes latirostris (178804)
Kashirian313.8 - 311.45United Kingdom (Scotland) Baphetes kirkbyi (type locality: 157227)