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Holoptychius flemingi

Osteichthyes - Porolepidiformes - Holoptychiidae

Taxonomy
Holoptychius flemingi was named by Agassiz (1844).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Holoptychius flemingi Agassiz p. 71
1891Holoptychius flemingi Woodward p. 327 fig. 49
2020Holoptychius flemingi Mondéjar‐Fernández et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassDipnomorpha(Ahlberg 1991)
superorderPorolepidimorpha
orderPorolepidiformes(Jarvik 1942)
familyHoloptychiidae
genusHoloptychius
speciesflemingiAgassiz 1844

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.

Holoptychius flemingi Agassiz 1844
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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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 365.20000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86United Kingdom Holoptychius flemingi (238708)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Belgium (Namur) Holoptychius flemingi (32276)