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Coelolepis

Pteraspidomorpha - Thelodontidae

Taxonomy
Coelolepis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Coelolepidae by Woodward (1891); to Thelodontidae by Jordan (1963); and to Thelodontiformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Coelolepis Woodward p. 157
1963Coelolepis Jordan p. 585
2002Coelolepis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumCraniata
RankNameAuthor
superclassPteraspidomorphi(Goodrich 1909)
classPteraspidomorpha
subclassHeterostraciLankester 1868
familyThelodontidae
genusCoelolepis

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: hydroxyapatitesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2007-09-27 04:49:26
Modified: 2017-03-09 14:07:44
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available