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Ossirarus kierani

Taxonomy
Ossirarus kierani was named by Clack et al. (2016). Its type specimen is UMZC 2016.3, a partial skeleton (A single block containing scattered skull and postcranial remains), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Burnmouth Ross end cliffs (340.5 m), which is in a Tournaisian floodplain siltstone in the Ballagan Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Ossirarus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Ossirarus kierani Clack et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
genusOssirarus
specieskierani

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.

†Ossirarus kierani Clack et al. 2016
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Tournaisian or 358.90000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Ossirarus kierani (type locality: 195788)