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Pleiopterus

Osteichthyes - Osteolepidiformes - Pleiopteridae

Taxonomy
Pleiopterus was named by Agassiz (1843).

It was assigned to Pleiopteri by Fitzinger (1873); and to Pleiopteridae by Whitley (1951), van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Pleiopterus Agassiz p. 177
1873Pleiopterus Fitzinger p. 52
1951Pleiopterus Whitley p. 67
2019Pleiopterus van der Laan p. 90

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassOsteolepidida(Boulenger 1901)
orderOsteolepidiformes
familyPleiopteridae(Fitzinger 1873)
genusPleiopterus

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.

G. †Pleiopterus Agassiz 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available