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Holoptychius serrulatus

Osteichthyes - Porolepidiformes - Holoptychiidae

Taxonomy
Holoptychius serrulatus was named by Cope (1897). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mansfield, which is in a Famennian marine sandstone in the Catskill Formation of Pennsylvania.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. decoratus, H. dewalquei, H. noblissimus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Holoptychius serrulatus Cope p. 71 figs. Pl. 2:1
1902Holoptychius serrulatus Hay p. 359

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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
speciesserrulatus

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.

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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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Pennsylvania) Holoptychus serrulatus (type locality: 164511)