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Dipterus
Taxonomy
Dipterus was named by Sedgwick and Murchison (1828) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg D Fame Sepkoski's reference number: 2,1066]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Dipteridae. It was considered monophyletic by Bryant and Johnson (1936).
It was replaced with Catopterus by Agassiz (1833).
It was assigned to Ctenododipterini by Huxley (1861); to Dipnoi by Bryant and Johnson (1936); to Dipteridae by Owen (1859), Woodward (1891), Hay (1902), Bryant (1932), Miles (1977), Campbell and Barwick (1990), Schultze (1993); and to Dipteriformes by Sepkoski (2002).
It was replaced with Catopterus by Agassiz (1833).
It was assigned to Ctenododipterini by Huxley (1861); to Dipnoi by Bryant and Johnson (1936); to Dipteridae by Owen (1859), Woodward (1891), Hay (1902), Bryant (1932), Miles (1977), Campbell and Barwick (1990), Schultze (1993); and to Dipteriformes by Sepkoski (2002).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1828 | Dipterus Sedgwick and Murchison |
| 1833 | Catopterus Agassiz p. 3 figs. Vol I, Pl A, fig 2 |
| 1859 | Dipterus Owen p. 123 |
| 1861 | Dipterus Huxley p. 14 |
| 1891 | Dipterus Woodward p. 235 |
| 1902 | Dipterus Hay p. 351 |
| 1932 | Dipterus Bryant p. 232 |
| 1936 | Dipterus Bryant and Johnson |
| 1977 | Dipterus Miles |
| 1990 | Dipterus Campbell and Barwick |
| 1993 | Dipterus Schultze |
| 2002 | Dipterus Sepkoski |
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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. †Dipterus Sedgwick and Murchison 1828
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†Dipterus arcanus Krupina 2000
†Dipterus calvini Eastman 1900
†Dipterus contraversus Hay 1899
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Invalid names: Dipterus (Ctenodus) radiatus Newberry 1889 [replaced]
†Dipterus costatus Eastman 1900
†Dipterus expressus Krupina 2000
†Dipterus flabelliformis Newberry 1889
†Dipterus fleisheri Williams 1882
†Dipterus johnsoni Bryant and Johnson 1936
†Dipterus macropterus Traquair 1889
†Dipterus minutus Newberry 1889
†Dipterus mordax Eastman 1900
†Dipterus nelsoni Newberry 1889
†Dipterus oervigi Gross 1964
†Dipterus pacatus Krupina 2000
†Dipterus serratus Eichwald 1844
†Dipterus sherwoodi Newberry 1875
†Dipterus uddeni Eastman 1900
†Dipterus valenciennesi Sedgwick and Murchison 1828
Invalid names: Catopterus Agassiz 1833 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 393.47000 to 358.86000 Ma
Collections (30 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Eifelian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | D. valenciennesi (226058 226060 226061) | |
| Eifelian | Estonia | D. serratus (225793) | |
| Eifelian | Latvia | D. serratus (225796 225797) | |
| Eifelian | United Kingdom | D. valenciennesi (238085 238086 238087 238520) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Estonia | D. spp. (225803 225804) | |
| Givetian | United Kingdom | D. sp. (238516 238517 238521) D. valenciennesi (238518) | |
| Givetian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | D. sp. (238522) | |
| Middle Givetian | United Kingdom | D. valenciennesi (238519) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | D. sp. (238523) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | D. sp. (226077 226078) D. sp., D. valenciennesi (197071) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | Iran | D. sp. (226048) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | United Kingdom | D. sp. (238524) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | USA (Colorado) | D. johnsoni (201604 201606) | |
| Middle Frasnian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) | D. murchisoni (226394) | |
| Famennian | USA (New York) | D. nelsoni (54272) | |
| Middle Famennian | Russian Federation | D. arcanus, D. expressus, D. pacatus (238703) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Belgium (Namur) | D. nelsoni (32276) |