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Rhinodipterus stolbovi

Dipnoi - Rhinodipteridae

Taxonomy
Rhinodipterus stolbovi was named by Krupina (1995) [Large dipterid (up to 1 m in length) with continuous ethmoidal shield and elongated snout. A pair of large openings lie on the ventral side of the snout. The anterior part of the lower jaw is narrow, elongated and T-shaped in ventral view. The inner margin of the dentary forms an acute angle. Parasphenoid with long and narrow corpus. Single E bone. Entopterygoid tooth plate with seven ridges of teeth fused in the midline. Prearticular tooth plate with nine ridges. Cosmine present on dermal bones.]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is PIN 2986/418, a partial skull (A snout). Its type locality is Rhinodipterusstolbovi-type locality, which is in a Frasnian marine horizon in the Dubniki Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Rhinodipterus stolbovi Krupina
2012Rhinodipterus stolbovi Clement

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
familyRhinodipteridae
genusRhinodipterusGross 1956
speciesstolbovi

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.

Rhinodipterus stolbovi Krupina 1995
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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: Middle Frasnian or 382.40000 to 379.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5Russian Federation (Saint Petersburg) Rhinodipterus stolbovi (type locality: 196703)