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Caerorhachis bairdi

Caerorhachidae

Taxonomy
Caerorhachis bairdi was named by Holmes and Carroll (1977). It is not extant. Its type locality is Burghlee Ironstone, Loanhead, Midlothian, which is in a Pendleian terrestrial ironstone/limestone in the Limestone Coal Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Caerorhachis bairdi Holmes and Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
familyCaerorhachidae
genusCaerorhachis
speciesbairdiHolmes and Carroll 1977

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.

Caerorhachis bairdi Holmes and Carroll 1977
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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

Age range: Pendleian or 330.90000 to 327.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Caerorhachis bairdi (type locality: 174421)