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Lawnia taylorensis

Palaeonisciformes - Amblypteridae

Taxonomy
Lawnia taylorensis was named by Wilson (1953). Its type specimen is B.E.G. no. 30996-400, a skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Taylor County, WPA Site 7, which is in a Kungurian delta plain claystone/conglomerate in the Vale Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Lawnia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Lawnia taylorensis Wilson p. 458

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyAmblypteridae
genusLawnia
speciestaylorensis

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.

†Lawnia taylorensis Wilson 1953
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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: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Lawnia taylorensis (131042) Palaeoniscidae indet. (type locality: 67735)