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Whatcheeria deltae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)92128https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=92128
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Whatcheeriidae : Whatcheeria : Whatcheeria deltae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
familyWhatcheeriidaeClack 2002
genusWhatcheeriaLombard and Bolt 1995
speciesWhatcheeria deltaeLombard and Bolt 1995
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Whatcheeria deltaespeciesbelongs to Whatcheeriastated with evidenceLombard and Bolt, 1995
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance339 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance339 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. E. Lombard and J. R. Bolt. 1995. A new primitive tetrapod, Whatcheeria deltae, from the Lower Carboniferous of Iowa. Palaeontology 38(3):471-494

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1995Whatcheeria deltae Lombard and Bolt p. 474

References

Lombard R. E., Bolt J. R. (1995) A new primitive tetrapod, Whatcheeria deltae, from the Lower Carboniferous of Iowa, Palaeontology 38 3, 471-494
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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