Moythomasia Gross 1950 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri

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: Anaglyphus, Angatubichthys, Bethesdaichthys, Blourugia, Docopteri, Frederichthys, Kompasia, Lanarkichthys, Limnomis, Lysopteri, Melanecta, Merospondyli, Mesichthyes, Neopterygii, Phthinobranchii, Plectospondyli, Pseudohaplolepis, Tarrasiidae, Westlepis, Woodichthys

Subtaxa: Aldingeria biertheri Moythomasia antiqua Moythomasia devonica Moythomasia durgaringa Moythomasia laevigata Moythomasia lineata Moythomasia nitida Moythomasia perforata Moythomasia striata

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Type: Aldingeria perforata

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Greenland (5 collections)

• Devonian of Afghanistan (1), Australia (7), Belarus (3), Canada (1: Ontario), Estonia (1), Germany (2), Iran (1), Latvia (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (4: Iowa, New York)

Total: 30 collections including 32 occurrences

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