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Lethiscus stocki

Lethiscidae

Taxonomy
Lethiscus stocki was named by Wellstead (1982). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wardie Shore, north of Edinburgh, which is in a Holkerian/Asbian lacustrine shale in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Lethiscus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Lethiscus stocki Wellstead
1998Lethiscus stocki Carroll et al. p. 179

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
suborderAistopoda
familyLethiscidaeWellstead 1982
genusLethiscusWellstead 1982
speciesstocki

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.

†Lethiscus stocki Wellstead 1982
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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: base of the Holkerian to the top of the Asbian or 346.70000 to 336.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holkerian - Asbian346.7 - 336.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Lethiscus stocki (type locality: 140937)