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Oestocephalus granulosum

Oestocephalidae

Taxonomy
Ophiderpeton granulosum was named by Fritsch (1880). Its type specimen is CGH (Orig. 130), a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nyrany, which is in a Westphalian D lacustrine coal in the Kladno Formation of the Czech Republic.

It was recombined as Oestocephalus granulosum by Milner (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Ophiderpeton granulosum Fritsch
1994Oestocephalus granulosum Milner
1998Ophiderpeton granulosum Carroll et al. p. 180

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
suborderAistopoda
familyOestocephalidae
genusOestocephalus
speciesgranulosum()

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.

†Oestocephalus granulosum Fritsch 1880
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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: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5Czech Republic (Pilsen) Ophiderpeton granulosum (type locality: 84835)