Holopterygius Jessen 1973 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Actinistia

Full reference: H. Jessen. 1973. Weitere fischreste aus dem Oberen Plattenkalk der Bergisch-Gladbach—Paffrather mulde (Oberdevon, Rheinesches Schiefergebirge). Palaeontographica A 143:159-187

Parent taxon: Actinistia according to M. Friedman and M. Coates 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Coelacanthiformes, Osteopleurus

Subtaxa: Holopterygius nudus

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Heiligenstock Quarry (Devonian of Germany)

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