Ballagadus caustrimi

Taxonavigation edit

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Classis: Dipnoi
Genus: †Ballagadus
Species: †Ballagadus caustrimi

Ballagadus caustrimi Smithson, Richards & Clack, 2015

Holotype: NMS G 1896.81.45 left pterygoid tooth plate.

Type locality: Dark grey, ostracod-rich mudstone, c. 400 m below Coldstream Bridge, right bank of the River Tweed, Northumberland, England.

Etymology: After Caustrim, the Scots name for Coldstream.

Smithson, T.R., Richards, K.R. & Clack, J.A. "2016" [2015]. Lungfish diversity in Romer's Gap: reaction to the end-Devonian extinction. Palaeontology 59(1): 29–44. DOI: 10.1111/pala.12203 Reference page.