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Ophiderpeton kirktonense
Taxonomy
Ophiderpeton kirktonense was named by Milner (1994). Its type specimen is NMS G 1988.3.1, a partial skeleton (articulated skull and anterior trunk), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Kirkton site (Units 70-82: East Kirkton Limestone), which is in a Brigantian spring shale/limestone in the East Kirkton Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1994 | Ophiderpeton kirktonense Milner p. 363 figs. 1-3, 5 |
| 1998 | Ophiderpeton kirktonense Carroll et al. p. 180 |
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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.
†Ophiderpeton kirktonense Milner 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Brigantian or 336.00000 to 330.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Brigantian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Ophiderpeton kirktonense (type locality: 22725) |