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Chirodipterus
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).
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
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1933 | Chirodipterus Gross |
| 1967 | Sunwapta Thomson |
| 1977 | Chirodipterus Miles |
| 1982 | Chirodipterus Schultze |
| 1990 | Chirodipterus Campbell and Barwick |
| 1992 | Chirodipterus Long |
| 2000 | Chirodipterus Kemp |
| 2002 | Chirodipterus Sepkoski |
| 2019 | Chirodipterus van der Laan p. 89 |
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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 australis Miles 1977
†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
†Chirodipterus rhenanus Mors 1991
†Chirodipterus wildungensis Gross 1933
Invalid names: Sunwapta Thomson 1967 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| 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 |
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| Devonian | Australia (New South Wales) | C. potteri (136235 136236) | |
| Middle Devonian | USA (Michigan) | C. onawayensis (194741) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Germany | C. rhenanus (239122) | |
| Givetian | USA (Michigan) | C. onawayensis (238765) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | Australia (Western Australia) | C. australis (225568) | |
| Frasnian | Australia (Western Australia) | C. australis (233600) | |
| Frasnian | China | C. liangchengi (239121) | |
| Frasnian | Germany | C. wildungensis (233181) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | Canada (Alberta) | Sunwapta grandiceps (196744) | |
| Middle Famennian | Russian Federation | C. interstitus (238703) |