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Chirodipterus

Osteichthyes - Dipteriformes - Chirodipteridae

Taxonomy
Chirodipterus was named by Gross (1933) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fras-l Sepkoski's reference number: 502]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dipnoi by Miles (1977); to Dipteridae by Schultze (1982); to Chirodipterinae by Long (1992); to Dipteriformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Chirodipteridae by Campbell and Barwick (1990), Kemp (2000), van der Laan (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Chirodipterus Gross
1967Sunwapta Thomson
1977Chirodipterus Miles
1982Chirodipterus Schultze
1990Chirodipterus Campbell and Barwick
1992Chirodipterus Long
2000Chirodipterus Kemp
2002Chirodipterus Sepkoski
2019Chirodipterus van der Laan p. 89

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassDipnomorpha(Ahlberg 1991)
superorderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
orderDipteriformes
familyChirodipteridae
genusChirodipterusGross 1933

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. †Chirodipterus Gross 1933
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Chirodipterus grandiceps Campbell and Barwick 1990
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Invalid names: Sunwapta grandiceps Thomson 1967 [replaced]
Chirodipterus interstitus Krupina 2000
Chirodipterus liangchengi Song and Chang 1991
Chirodipterus onawayensis Schultze 1982
Chirodipterus potteri Kemp 2000
Invalid names: Sunwapta Thomson 1967 [synonym]
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: base of the Early/Lower Givetian to the top of the Middle Famennian or 387.95000 to 365.20000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Devonian419.62 - 358.86Australia (New South Wales) C. potteri (136235 136236)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Michigan) C. onawayensis (194741)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany C. rhenanus (239122)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) C. onawayensis (238765)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Australia (Western Australia) C. australis (225568)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) C. australis (233600)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15China C. liangchengi (239121)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Germany C. wildungensis (233181)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86Canada (Alberta) Sunwapta grandiceps (196744)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Russian Federation C. interstitus (238703)