Synonym: Aldingeria Gross 1942 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Actinopteri according to B. Choo 2015
See also Gardiner 1969, Prokofiev 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aeduelliformes, Amphicentriformes, Anaglyphus, Angatubichthys, Bethesdaichthys, Blourugia, Discordichthyiformes, Docopteri, Dwykiidae, Frederichthys, Inichthyidae, Kenderlichthyidae, Kompasia, Lanarkichthys, Limnomis, Lysopteri, Melanecta, Merospondyli, Mesichthyes, Nematoptychiidae, Neopterygii, Palaeobergiidae, Palaeophoxinus, Paphosisciformes, Phthinobranchii, Plectospondyli, Pseudohaplolepis, Scanilepidiformes, Tarrasiidae, Teleosteomorpha, Westlepis, Woodichthys
Subtaxa: Aldingeria biertheri Moythomasia antiqua Moythomasia devonica Moythomasia durgaringa Moythomasia laevigata Moythomasia lebedevi Moythomasia lineata Moythomasia nitida Moythomasia perforata Moythomasia striata
Type: Aldingeria perforata
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Greenland (5 collections)
• Givetian of Belarus (1)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1), Australia (7), Belarus (6), Canada (1: Ontario), Estonia (1), Germany (2), Iran (1), Latvia (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), United States (4: Iowa, New York)
Total: 36 collections including 38 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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