Glyptolepis Agassiz 1843 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnomorpha - Holoptychiidae

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

Parent taxon: Holoptychiidae according to J. Mondéjar‐Fernández et al. 2020

See also Huxley 1861, Owen 1859 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Glyptolepis baltica Glyptolepis elegans Glyptolepis groenlandica Glyptolepis leptopterus Glyptolepis microlepidotus Glyptolepis paucidens

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Devonian of Belarus (4 collections), Belgium (1), Estonia (8), Ireland (1), Latvia (6), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences

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