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Ichthyostegidae

Ichthyostegidae

Taxonomy
Ichthyostegidae was named by Save-Soderbergh (1932). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ichthyostegalia by Kuhn (1946); to Ichthyostegalia by Carroll (1988); and to Tetrapodomorpha by Clack and Milner (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Ichthyostegidae Save-Soderbergh
1946Ichthyostegidae Kuhn p. 52
1988Ichthyostegidae Carroll
2015Ichthyostegidae Clack and Milner p. 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
familyIchthyostegidaeSave-Soderbergh 1932
familyIchthyostegidaeSave-Soderbergh 1932

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. †Ichthyostegidae Save-Soderbergh 1932
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G. †Ichthyostega Säve-Söderbergh 1932
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Ichthyostega eigili Säve-Söderbergh 1932
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Invalid names: Ichthyostega wimani Säve-Söderbergh 1932 [objective synonym]
Ichthyostega stensioei Säve-Söderbergh 1932
G. †Ichthyostegopsis Save-Soderbergh 1932
G. †Ymeria Clack et al. 2012
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Ymeria denticulata Clack et al. 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
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 (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Greenland Ichthyostega watsoni (176216) Ichthyostega watsoni, Ichthyostega eigili (176225) Ymeria denticulata (151006)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Belgium Ichthyostega sp. (131916)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Canada (Nova Scotia) Ichthyostegidae indet. (200573)