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Garnbergia ommata

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae

Taxonomy
Garnbergia ommata was named by Martin and Wenz (1984). Its type specimen is SMNS 51035, a partial skeleton (skull and fragment of trunk), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Künzelsau-Garnberg quarry, which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Meissner Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Garnbergia ommata Martin and Wenz p. 2 figs. 1,2; pls 1,2
1998Garnbergia ommata Forey p. 314
2004Garnbergia ommata Schultze p. 486
2004Garnbergia ommata Yabumoto and Neuman p. 337 fig. 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
suborderLatimeroideiSchultze 1993
familyMawsoniidaeSchultze 1993
genusGarnbergia
speciesommata

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.

Garnbergia ommata Martin and Wenz 1984
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Alaunian or 247.20000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Garnbergia ommata (type locality: 139836)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Canada (British Columbia) Garnbergia ommata (97843)