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Elginerpeton pancheni Ahlberg, 1995 †
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Amphibia - amphibians » order Ichthyostegalia » family Elginerpetontidae
ID: 310661
pID: 313748
Taxonomic rank: 33
Author of the record: Bill Darwin
Created: 2007-02-28 20:10:14 - User Jiří Novák
Last change: 2007-03-16 23:48:01 - User Ondřej Zicha
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Text function: [[t:310661;Elginerpeton pancheni]]
pID: 313748
Taxonomic rank: 33
Author of the record: Bill Darwin
Created: 2007-02-28 20:10:14 - User Jiří Novák
Last change: 2007-03-16 23:48:01 - User Ondřej Zicha
URL: http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id310661/
Text function: [[t:310661;Elginerpeton pancheni]]
| Temporal range: | Upper Devonian |
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1.5m (5ft.) long
Description
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Elginerpeton is a fossil dating from the Upper Frasnian (Late Devonian) of Scat Craig, Scotland. It was originally identified as an "unidentified sarcopterygian." But a reevaluation in the early 1990s by Per Ahlberg demonstrated that it was an early tetrapod. Indeed, Elginerpeton and the closely related Obruchevichthys are the two oldest tetrapods known from skeletal material.
Ecology
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Elginerpeton inhabited large lakes and freshwater swamplands.
Distribution
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Late Devonian Scotland
Importance
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One of oldest tetrapods known
Author: Bill Darwin
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