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Ptycholepididae
Taxonomy
Ptycholepididae was named by Brough (1939). Its type is Ptycholepis.
It was corrected as Ptycholepidae by Tintori et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Palaeoniscoidea by Gardiner (1960); to Actinopteri by Cartanyà (1999); to Ptycholepidiformes by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Ptycholepiformes by Nelson (2006) and Tintori et al. (2016).
It was corrected as Ptycholepidae by Tintori et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Palaeoniscoidea by Gardiner (1960); to Actinopteri by Cartanyà (1999); to Ptycholepidiformes by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Ptycholepiformes by Nelson (2006) and Tintori et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1939 | Ptycholepididae Brough |
| 1960 | Ptycholepidae Gardiner p. 241 |
| 1999 | Ptycholepididae Cartanyà p. 540 |
| 2006 | Ptycholepididae Nelson p. 94 |
| 2016 | Ptycholepididae Nelson et al. p. 115 |
| 2016 | Ptycholepidae Tintori et al. p. 187 |
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Fm. †Ptycholepididae Brough 1939
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G. †Acrorhabdus Stensiö 1921
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†Acrorhabdus asplundi Stensiö 1921
†Acrorhabdus bertili Stensiö 1921
†Acrorhabdus latistriatus Stensiö 1921
G. †Boreosomus Stensiö 1921
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†Boreosomus arcticus Woodward 1912
†Boreosomus gillioti Priem 1924
†Boreosomus merlei Beltan 1957
†Boreosomus piveteaui Nielsen 1942
†Boreosomus reuterskioldi Stensiö 1921
†Boreosomus scaber Stensiö 1921
G. †Ptycholepis Agassiz 1832
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†Ptycholepis avus Kner 1866
†Ptycholepis barboi Bassani 1886
†Ptycholepis barrati Sauvage 1875
†Ptycholepis bollensis Agassiz 1832
†Ptycholepis curtus Egerton 1854
†Ptycholepis gracilis Davis 1884
†Ptycholepis magnus Bürgin 1992
†Ptycholepis marshii Newberry 1878
†Ptycholepis minor Egerton 1852
†Ptycholepis monilifer Woodward 1895
†Ptycholepis priscus Bürgin 1992
†Ptycholepis schaefferi Bürgin 1992
†Ptycholepis tenuisquamata Kner 1867
†Ptycholepis viai Beltan 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available