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Ophiderpetontidae

Osteichthyes - Ophiderpetontidae

Taxonomy
Ophiderpetontidae was named by Schwarz (1908). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Aistopoda by Kuhn (1946); and to Aistopoda by Thayer (1985), Carroll (1988), Carroll et al. (1998).

Entered
by E. Fara on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Ophiderpetontidae Schwarz
1946Ophiderpetontidae Kuhn p. 53
1985Ophiderpetontidae Thayer p. 687
1988Ophiderpetontidae Carroll
1998Ophiderpetontidae Carroll et al. p. xii

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
suborderAistopoda
familyOphiderpetontidaeSchwarz 1908
familyOphiderpetontidaeSchwarz 1908

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.

Fm. †Ophiderpetontidae Schwarz 1908
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G. †Coloraderpeton Vaughn 1969
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Coloraderpeton brilli Vaughn 1969
G. †Ophiderpeton Huxley 1866
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Invalid names: Cercariomorphus parvisquamis Cope 1885 [synonym]
Ophiderpeton brownriggi Wright and Huxley 1871
Ophiderpeton kirktonense Milner 1994
Invalid names: Cercariomorphus Cope 1885 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available