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Osteolepiformes
Taxonomy
Osteolepiformes was named by Berg (1937).
It was assigned to Sarcopterygii by Young et al. (1992), Chang and Zhu (1993); to Rhipidistia by Dineley and Metcalf (1999); to Osteolepidida by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Sarcopterygii by Clement et al. (2009), Daeschler and Downs (2018).
It was assigned to Sarcopterygii by Young et al. (1992), Chang and Zhu (1993); to Rhipidistia by Dineley and Metcalf (1999); to Osteolepidida by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Sarcopterygii by Clement et al. (2009), Daeschler and Downs (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1937 | Osteolepiformes Berg |
| 1992 | Osteolepiformes Young et al. |
| 1993 | Osteolepiformes Chang and Zhu |
| 1999 | Osteolepiformes Dineley and Metcalf p. 11 |
| 2009 | Osteolepiformes Clement et al. |
| 2016 | Osteolepiformes Nelson et al. |
| 2018 | Osteolepiformes Daeschler and Downs p. 3 |
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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.
Or. †Osteolepiformes Berg 1937
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Fm. †Megalichthyidae Hay 1902
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G. †Ectosteorhachis Cope 1880
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†Ectosteorhachis nitidus Cope 1880
Invalid names: Ectosteorhachis ciceronius Cope 1883 [nomen nudum]
G. †Rabdiolepis Emmons 1857
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†Rabdiolepis gwyneddensis Bock 1959
†Rabdiolepis speciosa Emmons 1857
†Rabdiolepis striata Bock 1959
Invalid names: Askerichthyinae Borgen and Nakrem 2016 [invalid subgroup], Ectosteorhachidae Berg 1940 [synonym], Ectosteorhachinae Borgen and Nakrem 2016 [invalid subgroup], Megalichthyinae Borgen and Nakrem 2016 [empty], Parabatrachidae Berg 1955 [synonym]
G. †Megapomus
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†Megapomus heckeri Vorobyeva 1977
†Megapomus markovskyi Vorobyeva 1977
†Megapomus punctatus Vorobyeva 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections (25 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Emsian - Givetian | Antarctica | Mahalalepis resima (207077) | |
| Givetian | Antarctica | Platyethmoidia antarctica (207076 207098) Vorobjevaia dolonodon (207079) | |
| Frasnian | USA (Colorado) | Litoptychus bryanti (238486 238487 238489 238490 238491) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | Colombia (Boyacá) | Megalichthyidae indet. (211928) | |
| Famennian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Osteolepiformes indet. (68049) | |
| Famennian | Latvia | Cryptolepis grossi (238206) Cryptolepis sp. (238744) | |
| Middle Famennian | Russian Federation | Cryptolepis grossi (238703) | |
| Middle Famennian | Russian Federation (Oryol Oblast) | Cryptolepis grossi (226045) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Russian Federation (Tula) | Osteolepiformes indet. (225666) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Osteolepiformes indet. (238265) | |
| Tournaisian | Belarus (Homel) | Osteolepiformes indet. (232531 232533) | |
| Visean | Australia (Queensland) | Cladarosymblema narrienense (238046) | |
| Asselian - Sakmarian | USA (Utah) | Ectosteorhachis nitidus (13257 13258) | |
| Leonardian | USA (Oklahoma) | Ectosteorhachis sp. (180990) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Oklahoma) | Ectosteorhachis nitidus (67945) | |
| Norian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Rabdiolepis gwyneddensis, Rabdiolepis striata (99375) |