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Acanthostegidae
Taxonomy
Acanthostegidae was named by Jarvik (1952). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Ichthyostegalia by Carroll (1988); and to Tetrapoda by Marjanović and Laurin (2019).
It was assigned to Ichthyostegalia by Carroll (1988); and to Tetrapoda by Marjanović and Laurin (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1952 | Acanthostegidae Jarvik |
| 1988 | Acanthostegidae Carroll |
| 2019 | Acanthostegidae Marjanović and Laurin |
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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.
Fm. †Acanthostegidae Jarvik 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Tournaisian or 364.70000 to 346.70000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Famennian | Greenland | Acanthostega gunnari (176216) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Greenland (Gauss Peninsula) | Acanthostega gunnari (208696) | |
| Tournaisian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Acanthostegidae indet. (200573) |