Holoptychius filosus Cope 1892 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Porolepidiformes - Holoptychiidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1892. On some new and little known Paleozoic vertebrates. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 30:221-229

Belongs to Holoptychius according to E. D. Cope 1892

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Gyrolepis (Holoptychius) giganteus, Holoptychius americanus, Holoptychius bergmanni, Holoptychius flabellatus, Holoptychius flemingi, Holoptychius granulatus, Holoptychius hallii, Holoptychius hopkinsii, Holoptychius ishora, Holoptychius jarviki, Holoptychius latus, Holoptychius nobilissimus, Holoptychius pustulosus, Holoptychius quebecensis, Holoptychius scheii, Holoptychius serrulatus, Holoptychius taylori, Holoptychius tuberculatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Leroy (locality 1), which is in a Frasnian marine horizon in the Chemung Formation of Pennsylvania

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Leroy (locality 1)

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