Barlowodus tridens
Taxonavigation
[edit]Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Podiata
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Classis: †Thelodonti
Order: †Thelodontiformes
Family: †Barlowodidae
Genus: †Barlowodus
Species: †Barlowodus tridens
Name
[edit]†Barlowodus tridens Märss, Wilson et Thorsteinsson, 2002
- Holotype: UALVP 44700, scale.
- Type locality and horizon: At 34.5 m, southern Read Bay section, east coast of cornwallis Island; upper part of Barlow Inlet Formation, Lower Lochkovian, Lower Devonian.
Etymology: From the Latin tridens, meaning three-toothed, a reference to crown terminating posteriorly in three pointed ridges.
References
[edit]- Märss, T., Wilson, M.V.H. & Thorsteinsson, R. 2002. New thelodont (Agnatha) and possible chondrichthyan (Gnathostomata) taxa established in the Silurian and Lower Devonian of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology 51 (2): 88–120. Reference page.