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Rhipidistia
Taxonomy
Rhipidistia was named by Cope (1887). It is extant.
It was reranked as the superorder Rhipidistia by Hay (1902); it was reranked as the infraclass Rhipidistia by Ahlberg (1991), Otto (1996), Dineley and Metcalf (1999), Schultze (2000).
It was assigned to Rhipidopterygia by Cope (1887); to Teleostomi by Hay (1902); to Crossopterygii by Jordan (1963); to Crossopterygidae by Daly (1973); to Sarcopterygii by Otto (1996), Dineley and Metcalf (1999); and to Sarcopterygii by Ahlberg (1991), Schultze (2000).
It was reranked as the superorder Rhipidistia by Hay (1902); it was reranked as the infraclass Rhipidistia by Ahlberg (1991), Otto (1996), Dineley and Metcalf (1999), Schultze (2000).
It was assigned to Rhipidopterygia by Cope (1887); to Teleostomi by Hay (1902); to Crossopterygii by Jordan (1963); to Crossopterygidae by Daly (1973); to Sarcopterygii by Otto (1996), Dineley and Metcalf (1999); and to Sarcopterygii by Ahlberg (1991), Schultze (2000).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
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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.
Infracl. Rhipidistia Cope 1887
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Invalid names: Osteolepidoidea [empty], Panderichthyida Vorobyeva 1989 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Famennian to the top of the Arnsbergian or 372.15000 to 323.60000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Famennian | Australia (New South Wales) | Grenfellia meemannae (238074) | |
| Arnsbergian | USA (West Virginia) | Rhipidistia indet. (124949) |