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Dromotectum spinosum

Bystrowianidae

Taxonomy
Dromotectum spinosum was named by Novikov and Shishkin (2000). Its type specimen is PIN 2424/23, an osteoderm, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mechet' II (Locality 180), which is in an Olenekian channel sandstone in the Staritskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Dromotectum spinosum Novikov and Shishkin
2014Dromotectum spinosum Shishkin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
suborderChroniosuchiaTatarinov 1972
familyBystrowianidaeVjushkov 1957
subfamilyDromotectinae
genusDromotectum
speciesspinosum

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.

Dromotectum spinosum Novikov and Shishkin 2000
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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: Olenekian or 251.20000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Dromotectum spinosum (37040)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Dromotectum spinosum (type locality: 143196 195797)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Vologda) Dromotectum spinosum (28479)