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Rhinodipterus

Osteichthyes - Dipteriformes - Dipteridae

Taxonomy
Rhinodipterus was named by Gross (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: D m D u]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Rhinodipteridae.

It was assigned to Dipnoi by Miles (1977); to Dipteriformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Rhinodipteridae by Campbell and Barwick (1990), Clement (2012); and to Dipteridae by Krupina (1995), van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Rhinodipterus Gross
1977Rhinodipterus Miles
1990Rhinodipterus Campbell and Barwick
1995Rhinodipterus Krupina
2002Rhinodipterus Sepkoski
2012Rhinodipterus Clement
2019Rhinodipterus van der Laan p. 89

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassDipnomorpha(Ahlberg 1991)
superorderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
orderDipteriformes
familyDipteridaeOwen 1846
genusRhinodipterusGross 1956

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. †Rhinodipterus Gross 1956
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Rhinodipterus secans Gross 1956
Rhinodipterus stolbovi Krupina 1995
Rhinodipterus ulrichi Ørvig 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available