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Dipteridae
Taxonomy
Dipteridae was named by Owen (1846). Its type is Dipterus.
It was assigned to Lepidoganoidei by Owen (1859); to Ctenodipterini by Hay (1902) and Jordan (1963); to Dipnoi by Miles (1977); to Dipnoi by Bryant (1932) and Schultze (1982); to Speonesydrionina by Campbell and Barwick (1990) and Long (1992); to Dipteroidei by Vorobyeva and Obruchev (1964), Schultze (1993) and Schultze (2004); and to Dipteriformes by Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Lepidoganoidei by Owen (1859); to Ctenodipterini by Hay (1902) and Jordan (1963); to Dipnoi by Miles (1977); to Dipnoi by Bryant (1932) and Schultze (1982); to Speonesydrionina by Campbell and Barwick (1990) and Long (1992); to Dipteroidei by Vorobyeva and Obruchev (1964), Schultze (1993) and Schultze (2004); and to Dipteriformes by Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Dipteridae Owen |
| 1859 | Dipteridae Owen p. 123 |
| 1902 | Dipteridae Hay p. 351 |
| 1932 | Dipteridae Bryant p. 232 |
| 1963 | Dipteridae Jordan p. 610 |
| 1964 | Dipteridae Vorobyeva and Obruchev p. 467 |
| 1977 | Dipteridae Miles |
| 1982 | Dipteridae Schultze |
| 1990 | Dipteridae Campbell and Barwick |
| 1992 | Dipteridae Long |
| 1993 | Dipteridae Schultze |
| 2004 | Dipteridae Schultze p. 474 |
| 2016 | Dipteridae Nelson et al. p. 108 |
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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. †Dipteridae Owen 1846
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G. †Conchodus McCoy 1848
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†Conchodus elkneri Gorisdro-Kulczycka 1950
†Conchodus excussus Krupina 2000
†Conchodus jerofejewi Pander 1858
†Conchodus ostreaformis McCoy 1848
†Conchodus parvulus Bryant and Johnson 1936
†Conchodus plicatus Dawson 1868
Invalid names: Cheirodus Pander 1858 [synonym]
G. †Dipterus Sedgwick and Murchison 1828
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†Dipterus arcanus Krupina 2000
†Dipterus calvini Eastman 1900
†Dipterus contraversus Hay 1899
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Invalid names: Dipterus (Ctenodus) radiatus Newberry 1889 [replaced]
†Dipterus costatus Eastman 1900
†Dipterus crassus Gross 1933
†Dipterus expressus Krupina 2000
†Dipterus flabelliformis Newberry 1889
†Dipterus fleisheri Williams 1882
†Dipterus johnsoni Bryant and Johnson 1936
†Dipterus macropterus Traquair 1889
†Dipterus microsoma Hills 1931
†Dipterus minutus Newberry 1889
†Dipterus mordax Eastman 1900
†Dipterus nelsoni Newberry 1889
†Dipterus oervigi Gross 1964
†Dipterus pacatus Krupina 2000
†Dipterus serratus Eichwald 1844
†Dipterus sherwoodi Newberry 1875
†Dipterus uddeni Eastman 1900
†Dipterus valenciennesi Sedgwick and Murchison 1828
Invalid names: Catopterus Agassiz 1833 [synonym]
G. †Palaeospondylus
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Givetian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 388.10000 to 360.70000 Ma
Collections (39 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Eifelian | United Kingdom | Dipterus valenciennesi (238085 238086 238087 238520) | |
| Eifelian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Dipterus valenciennesi (226058 226060 226061) | |
| Eifelian | Estonia | Dipterus serratus (225793) | |
| Eifelian | Latvia | Dipterus serratus (225796 225797) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Estonia | Conchodus sp., Dipterus spp. (225803) Dipterus spp. (225804) | |
| Givetian | United Kingdom | Dipterus sp. (238516 238517 238521) Dipterus valenciennesi (238518) | |
| Givetian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Dipterus sp. (238522) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | Russian Federation | Dipteridae indet. (90343) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | United Kingdom | Dipterus sp. (238524) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | Iran | Dipterus sp. (226048) | |
| Middle Givetian | United Kingdom | Dipterus valenciennesi (238519) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | Poland (Gmina) | Conchodus elkneri (201619) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | USA (Colorado) | Conchodus parvulus, Dipterus johnsoni (201604) Dipterus johnsoni (201606) | |
| Middle Frasnian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) | Dipterus murchisoni, Conchodus elkneri (226394) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Belarus | Dipteridae indet. (225888) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Australia (Victoria) | Howidipterus donnae (196708 196710) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Dipterus sp. (238523) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Latvia | Grossipterus crassus (225777) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Dipterus sp. (226077 226078) Dipterus sp., Dipterus valenciennesi (197071) | |
| Famennian | Belarus (Homel) | Dipteridae indet. (232528) | |
| Famennian | United Kingdom (Somerset) | Conchodus sp. (232123) | |
| Famennian | Latvia | Conchodus sp. (238744) | |
| Middle Famennian | Russian Federation (Oryol Oblast) | Conchodus sp. (226045) | |
| Middle Famennian | Russian Federation | Dipterus arcanus, Dipterus expressus, Dipterus pacatus, Conchodus excussus, Grossipterus venustus (238703) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Belgium (Namur) | Dipterus nelsoni (32276) |