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Diplurus

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae

Taxonomy

Diplurus was named by Newberry (1878).

It was assigned to Coelacanthidae by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902), Rapp (1946); to Dipleurinae by Maisey (1991); to Dipluridae by Graf (2012); and to Mawsoniidae by Forey (1998), Schultze (2004), Dutel et al. (2012), van der Laan (2019).

Species

D. longicaudatus, D. newarki, Osteopleurus milleri, Osteopleurus newarki, Rabdiolepis gwyneddensis, Rabdiolepis speciosa, Rabdiolepis striata

Entered

by P. Wagner on 2013-02-26; modified by M. Uhen on 2020-04-30

Synonyms

Osteopleurus was named by Schaeffer (1941).

It was synonymized subjectively with Diplurus by Romano et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Coelacanthini by Schaeffer (1941); and to Coelacanthidae by Rapp (1946).
Rabdiolepis was named by Emmons (1857). Its type is Rabdiolepis specious.

It was synonymized subjectively with Diplurus by Romano et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Coelacanthidae by Emmons (1857); and to Megalichthyidae by Hay (1902).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1857	Rabdiolepis Emmons p. 45
1878	Diplurus Newberry
1891	Diplurus Woodward p. 409
1902	Rabdiolepis Hay p. 360
1902	Diplurus Hay p. 364
1941	Osteopleurus Schaeffer p. 1
1946	Diplurus Rapp p. 511
1946	Osteopleurus Rapp p. 511
1991	Diplurus Maisey p. 312
1998	Diplurus Forey p. 300
2004	Diplurus Schultze p. 466
2012	Diplurus Dutel et al. p. 22
2012	Diplurus Graf
2019	Diplurus van der Laan p. 87

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata

Rank	Name	Author
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
infraclass	Actinistia	(Cope 1870)
order	Coelacanthiformes	Berg 1937
suborder	Latimerioidei	(Schultze 1993)
family	Mawsoniidae	Schultze 1993
genus	Diplurus	Newberry 1878

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Diplurus Newberry 1878

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†Diplurus longicaudatus Newberry 1878

†Diplurus newarki Bryant 1934

Invalid names: Osteopleurus Schaeffer 1941 [synonym], Rabdiolepis Emmons 1857 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
B. Schaeffer 1941 (Osteopleurus)	Long, ossified, pleuiral ribs. ay between first and second dorsal fins. Plates of pelvic girdle quadrilateral in shape. Basal plate of anal fin bifurcated. Basal plate of first dorsal, triangular. Basal plate of second dorsal, deeply bifurcated. Scales possessing about five prominent parallel ridges.