Dipterus cf. valenciennesi Sedgwick & Murchison, 1828

Taxonomy

Lungfish

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sarcopterygii
Order: Dipnoiformes
Family: Dipteridae
Genus: Dipterus
Species: Dipterus cf. valenciennesi
Author Citation Sedgwick & Murchison, 1828

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Devonian
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Middle
International Age: Frasnian

Stratigraphy

Ahrdorf Formation
Oberer Plattenkalk Member

Provenance

Collector: T. Bastelberger
Date Collected: 06/01/1973
Acquired by: Field Collection

Location

Heiligenstock quarry
Bergisch-Gladbach, Paffrath
Rhine-Westphalia
Germany

• ahrdorf formation
• devonian
• dipterus
• paffrath

Comments

References:

Jessen, H. (1968). "Moythomasia nitida GROSS und M. cf. striata GROSS, Devonische Palaeonisciden aus dem oberen Plattenkalk der Bergisch-Gladbach-Paffrather Mulde (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge)." Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaeozoologie-Stratigraphie 128(4-6): 87-114, pls. 11-17, 9 figs.

Ørvig, T., 1960, New finds of acanthodians, arthrodires, crossopterygians, ganoids and dipnoans in the upper Middle Devonian Calcareous Flags (Oberer Plattenkalk) of the Bergisch Gladbach– Paffrath trough: Paläontologische Zeitschrift, Vol. 34, pp. 295–335.
Ørvig, T. 1961. New finds of acanthodians, arthrodires, crossopterygians, ganoids and dipnoans in the Upper Middle Devonian calcareous flags (Oberer Plattenkalk) of the Bergisch Gladbach-Paffrath Trough, Part 2. Paläont. Zeitschrift, Vol. 35, pp. 10-27, 6 pics.
 JESSEN, H., 1966. Die Crossopterygier des Oberen Plattenkalkes (Devon) der Bergisch-Gladbach-Paffrather Mulde (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge) unter Berücksichtigung von amerikanischem und europäischen Onychodus-Material. Arkiv foer zoologi Ser.2, 18, Nr.14 :305-389