Holoptychius latus Cope 1897 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Porolepidiformes - Holoptychiidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1897. On New Paleozoic Vertebrata from Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 36:71-91

Belongs to Holoptychius according to O. P. Hay 1902

See also Cope 1897

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Factoryville, which is in a Devonian marine claystone in the Chemung Formation of Pennsylvania

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Factoryville

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