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Pederpes finneyae
Taxonomy
Pederpes finneyae was named by Clack (2002). Its type specimen is GLAHMS 100815, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Auchenreoch Glen, which is in an Ivorian lagoonal limestone/mudstone in the Ballagan Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Pederpes.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2002 | Pederpes finneyae Clack p. 73 figs. 1-3 |
2005 | Pederpes finneyae Clack and Finney |
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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.
†Pederpes finneyae Clack 2002
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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J. A. Clack 2002 | Whatcheeriid with the following apomorphies: trunk ribs with at least vertebrae numbers 4–9 bearing accessory processes and/or foramina at dorsal edge of acutely triangular terminal expansions and about numbers 10–12 with flared ends; short presacral ribs with accessory processes; minute lateral-most digit on manus; deep striations on anterior edge and anterior region of external surface of stem of clavicle and cleithrum; ovoid dorsal blade of cleithrum with fimbriated edge. |
Measurements
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Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |