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Rhizodopsis

Osteichthyes - Osteolepidiformes - Rhizodopsidae

Taxonomy
Rhizodopsis was named by Young (1866). Its type is Holoptychius granulatus. It is the type genus of Rhizodopsidae.

It was assigned to Rhizodontidae by Woodward (1891); to Megalichthyidae by Hay (1902); and to Rhizodopsidae by Berg (1940).

Species
Orthognathus reticulosus, R. granulatus, R. mazonius, R. rankini, R. robusta, R. sauroides
Entered
by P. Vazquez (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2013-02-27; modified by M. Carrano on 2019-08-01

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Rhizodopsis Young p. 596
1873Orthognathus Barkas
1891Rhizodopsis Woodward p. 354
1902Rhizodopsis Hay p. 360
1940Rhizodopsis Berg p. 389

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassOsteolepidida(Boulenger 1901)
orderOsteolepidiformes
familyRhizodopsidaeBerg 1940
genusRhizodopsisYoung 1866

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. †Rhizodopsis Young 1866
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†Rhizodopsis granulatus Salter 1861
†Rhizodopsis rankini Elliott 2023
†Rhizodopsis robusta Woodward 1891
†Rhizodopsis sauroides Williamson 1849
Invalid names: Orthognathus Barkas 1873 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Serpukhovian to the top of the Pennsylvanian or 330.30000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4United Kingdom (Scotland) R. sp. (235483)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9United Kingdom R. sauroides (137307)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Ukraine (Luhansk) R. sauroides (240304)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Scotland) R. rankini (227256)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Flintshire) R. sp. (233394 233396)
Westphalian - Vereian318.7 - 313.8United Kingdom (Wales) R. sp. (8229)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0United Kingdom R. sauroides (137310 137319 140035 140139 140140 140141 140142 140143)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Poland R. robusta (140144)
Kasimovian - Moscovian307.0 - 307.0United Kingdom R. sauroides (137315)