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Muranjilepis winterensis

Osteolepididae

Taxonomy
Muranjilepis winterensis was named by Young and Schultze (2005) [A small osteolepidid with a very short and wide postparietal shield, large orbits compared to parietoethmoidal length, very short preorbital length, large pores of the sensory line system, supraorbital lines forming an excessive lateral extension in front of orbits, downwards arched snout, and marginal position of anterior external naris. Lacrimal notch is separated from notch for anterior tip of maxilla.]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is ANU V2961, a partial skull (parietoethmoidal shield). Its type locality is Orange Peel Knob, Mount WInter, which is in an Emsian/Eifelian marine siltstone in the Parkes Siltstone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Muranjilepis winterensis Young and Schultze

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassOsteolepidida(Boulenger 1901)
familyOsteolepididae
genusMuranjilepis
specieswinterensis

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.

Muranjilepis winterensis Young and Schultze 2005
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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 Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 407.60000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Australia (Northern Territory) Muranjilepis winterensis (type locality: 196701)