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Varialepididae

Elonichthyiformes - Varialepididae

Taxonomy
Varialepididae was named by Minikh (1990).

It was assigned to Elonichthyiformes by Ivanov et al. (2013) and Bakaev et al. (2020).

Subtaxa
Varialepis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Varialepididae Minikh
2013Varialepididae Ivanov et al. p. 157
2020Varialepididae Bakaev et al. p. 312

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyVarialepididaeMinikh 1990
familyVarialepididaeMinikh 1990

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.

Fm. †Varialepididae Minikh 1990
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G. †Varialepis Minikh 1990
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†Varialepis bergi Minikh 1986
†Varialepis orientalis Eichwald 1860
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Invalid names: Amblypterus permensis Krotov 1904 [synonym], Palaeoniscus tuberculatus Eichwald 1894 [synonym]
†Varialepis oris Yankevich 1996
†Varialepis stanislavi Minikh 2009
†Varialepis vitalii Minikh 2009
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

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Early/Lower Severodvinian or 272.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kazanian272.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Orenburg) Varialepis sp. (189966)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation (Perm) Varialepis oris (232592)
Urzhumian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation (Chuvasia Republic) Varialepis bergi (232562 232563)
Urzhumian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation (Orenburg) Varialepis bergi (196109) Varialepis orientalis (87039)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation Varialepis bergi (197767) Varialepis orientalis, Varialepis bergi (197593 197594 197595) Varialepis sp. (197588)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Varialepis sp. (132080)
Urzhumian - Early/Lower Severodvinian266.9 - 259.51Russian Federation (Orenburg) Varialepis bergi (124278)
Tatarian266.9 - 257.4Russian Federation (Orenburg) Varialepis bergi (196107 196108) Varialepis sp. (196111 196160)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Vologda Oblast) Varialepis stanislavi (232593)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation Varialepis bergi (197596)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Varialepis sp. (155403 155404 155407 211410)
Early/Lower Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Chuvasia Republic) Varialepis bergi (232565)
Early/Lower Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Vologda) Varialepis sp. (233365)
Late/Upper Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Orenburg) Varialepis sp. (189331)
Late/Upper Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Vologda) Varialepis stanislavi (233367 233371)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 257.4Russian Federation (Orenburg) Varialepididae indet. (179653) Varialepis vitalii (93030)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation (Vologda) Varialepis stanislavi (104754)