Osteichthyes - Porolepidiformes - Holoptychiidae
Alternative combination: Holoptychius giganteus
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (18me livraison)
Belongs to Gyrolepis (Holoptychius) according to L. Agassiz 1843
See also Hay 1902, Mondéjar‐Fernández et al. 2020, Owen 1859 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Holoptychius americanus, Holoptychius bergmanni, Holoptychius filosus, Holoptychius flabellatus, Holoptychius flemingi, Holoptychius granulatus, Holoptychius hallii, Holoptychius hopkinsii, Holoptychius ishora, Holoptychius jarviki, Holoptychius latus, Holoptychius nobilissimus, Holoptychius pustulosus, Holoptychius quebecensis, Holoptychius scheii, Holoptychius serrulatus, Holoptychius taylori, Holoptychius tuberculatus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Devonian of Norway (1 collection), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (4: Colorado, Pennsylvania)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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