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Ventastega curonica

Taxonomy
Ventastega curonica was named by Ahlberg et al. (1994). Its type specimen is LDM 81/521, a mandible (left mandibular ramus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pavari, Ciecere river, which is in a Famennian fluvial sandstone/marl in the Ketleri Formation of Latvia. It is the type species of Ventastega.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Ventastega curonica Ahlberg et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
genusVentastegaAhlberg et al. 1994
speciescuronica

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.

†Ventastega curonica Ahlberg et al. 1994
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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, Carroll 1988

Age range: Famennian or 372.20000 to 358.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Latvia Ventastega curonica (type locality: 176220)