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Lawrenciella schaefferi

Palaeonisciformes

Taxonomy
Lawrenciella schaefferi was named by Poplin (1984). Its type specimen is KUVP 21942, a skull (endocranial material), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Douglas County near Lawrence, which is in a Kasimovian estuary/bay shale in the Lawrence Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Lawrenciella schaefferi Poplin p. 413 figs. 1-3
2008Lawrenciella schaefferi Hamel and Poplin p. 991 figs. 4-21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
genusLawrenciella
speciesschaefferi

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.

†Lawrenciella schaefferi Poplin 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:35:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:35:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Kasimovian or 307.00000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Lawrenciella schaefferi (type locality: 117102)