Holoptychius Agassiz 1843 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnomorpha - Holoptychiidae

Alternative spelling: Gyrolepis (Holoptychius)

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (18me livraison) xxxii-188

Parent taxon: Holoptychiidae according to Vorobyeva 2006

See also Agassiz 1843, Hay 1902, Huxley 1861, Jordan 1907, Mondéjar‐Fernández et al. 2020, Owen 1859, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Apedodus, Duffichthys, Glyptolepis, Laccognathus, Nasogaluakus, Quebecius

Subtaxa: Gyrolepis (Holoptychius) giganteus Holoptychius americanus Holoptychius bergmanni Holoptychius filosus Holoptychius flabellatus Holoptychius flemingi Holoptychius granulatus Holoptychius hallii Holoptychius hopkinsii Holoptychius ishora Holoptychius jarviki Holoptychius latus Holoptychius nobilissimus Holoptychius pustulosus Holoptychius quebecensis Holoptychius radiatus Holoptychius scheii Holoptychius serrulatus Holoptychius taylori Holoptychius tuberculatus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Devonian of Belarus (1), Belgium (2), Canada (1: Quebec), Norway (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Colorado, Pennsylvania)

Total: 14 collections including 21 occurrences

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