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Conchodus

Dipnoi - Dipteridae

Taxonomy
Conchodus was named by McCoy (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give-u D Fame Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. Its type is Conchodus ostreaformis.

It was assigned to Dipnorhynchina by Campbell and Barwick (1990); to Dipteridae by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902) and Schultze (1993); and to Dipteriformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Conchodus McCoy
1858Cheirodus Pander
1891Conchodus Woodward p. 245
1902Conchodus Hay p. 352
1990Conchodus Campbell and Barwick
1993Conchodus Schultze
2002Conchodus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
orderDipteriformes
familyDipteridaeOwen 1846
genusConchodusMcCoy 1848

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. †Conchodus McCoy 1848
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Conchodus elkneri Gorisdro-Kulczycka 1950
Conchodus jerofejewi Pander 1858
Conchodus ostreaformis McCoy 1848
Conchodus parvulus Bryant and Johnson 1936
Conchodus plicatus Dawson 1868
Invalid names: Cheirodus Pander 1858 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Givetian to the top of the Middle Famennian or 388.10000 to 364.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Estonia C. sp. (225803)
Late/Upper Devonian382.7 - 358.9Poland (Gmina) C. elkneri (201619)
Late/Upper Devonian382.7 - 358.9USA (Colorado) C. parvulus (201604)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) C. elkneri (226394)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Russian Federation (Oryol Oblast) C. sp. (226045)