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Spathicephalus pereger

Spathicephalidae

Taxonomy
Spathicephalus pereger was named by Baird (1962). Its type specimen is PU 17182, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is near Point Edward, which is in a Serpukhovian/Bashkirian terrestrial siltstone in the Point Edward Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Spathicephalus pereger Baird p. 2 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
superfamilyBaphetoideaCope 1875
familySpathicephalidae
genusSpathicephalusWatson 1928
speciespereger

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.

Spathicephalus pereger Baird 1962
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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 Serpukhovian to the top of the Bashkirian or 330.90000 to 315.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian - Bashkirian330.9 - 315.2Canada (Nova Scotia) Spathicephalus pereger (type locality: 175248)