Gladiobranchus probaton Bernacsek & Dineley 1977 ...

• Main Authors: Hanke, Gavin F., Davis, Samuel P.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Placodermi; Acanthodii; Diplacanthidae; Gladiobranchus; Gladiobranchus probaton; Mackenzie mountains; Northwest Territories
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5463589; https://zenodo.org/record/5463589

Gladiobranchus probaton Bernacsek & Dineley, 1977 (Figs 1-13) HOLOTYPE. — NMC 22700 A. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — UALVP 19259, 32448, 32469, 38679, 41669, 41857, 41858, 41862, 42095, 44046, scales: 45366-45396. HORIZON AND AGE. — All known Gladiobranchus specimens are from the single UALVP locality 129 in Early Devonian (Lochkovian) dark grey argillaceous limestone of the Delorme Group, Delorme Formation, District of Mackenzie. TYPE LOCALITY. — In talus below the UALVP locality 129 (62°32”N, 127°45”W), also known as the MOTH fish layer, MOTH section, section 43 (Gabrielse et al . 1973), Central Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada. The descriptive geology of the locality was summarized by Hanke et al . (2001), Hanke (2002), Hanke & Wilson (2004), and Zorn et al . (2005). REVISED DIAGNOSIS. — Diplacanthoid acanthodians with rostral plates having enlarged tubercles along posterolateral edges; an enlarged anterior circumorbital plate with radiating rows of tubercles situated posterolateral to ... : Published as part of Hanke, Gavin F. & Davis, Samuel P., 2008, Redescription of the acanthodian Gladiobranchus probaton Bernacsek & Dineley, 1977, and comments on diplacanthid relationships, pp. 303-330 in Geodiversitas 30 (2) on page 306, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5373050 ...