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Whatcheeria deltae

Whatcheeriidae

Taxonomy
Whatcheeria deltae was named by Lombard and Bolt (1995). Its type specimen is FM PR 1700, a partial skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Delta, which is in an Asbian sinkhole horizon in the St. Louis Formation of Iowa. It is the type species of Whatcheeria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Whatcheeria deltae Lombard and Bolt p. 474

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
familyWhatcheeriidae
genusWhatcheeria
speciesdeltae

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.

Whatcheeria deltae Lombard and Bolt 1995
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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: Asbian or 339.40000 to 336.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asbian339.4 - 336.0USA (Iowa) Whatcheeria deltae (type locality: 68318)