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Eurylepis

Osteichthyes - Amphicentriformes - Teleopterinidae

Taxonomy
Eurylepis was named by Newberry (1856).

It was synonymized subjectively with Haplolepis by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Palaeoniscidae by Woodward (1891); and to Teleopterinidae by van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Eurylepis Newberry
1891Eurylepis Woodward p. 449
2019Eurylepis van der Laan p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
orderAmphicentriformes
familyTeleopterinidaeBerg 1936
genusEurylepisNewberry 1856

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. †Eurylepis Newberry 1856
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Eurylepis granulata Newberry 1856
Eurylepis tuberculata Newberry 1856
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available