Ballagadus rossi

Taxonavigation

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 rossi

Ballagadus rossi Smithson, Richards & Clack, 2015

Holotype: UMZC 2014.1.1 left pterygoid tooth plate.

Type locality: Dark grey mudstone, midway between sandstones 5 and 6, Burnmouth, Scottish Borders, Scotland.

Etymology: From Ross, the most southerly of the four communities making up Lower Burnmouth and closest to the type locality.

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.