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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