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Holodipterus

Osteichthyes - Dipteriformes - Holodipteridae

Taxonomy
Holodipterus was named by White and Moy-Thomas (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fras]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Holodipteridae.

It was assigned to Dipnoi by Miles (1977); to Dipteriformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Holodontidae by Campbell and Barwick (1990), Long (2010); and to Holodipteridae by van der Laan (2019).

Species
H. elderae, H. gogoensis, H. kiprijanowae, H. santacrucensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. kiprijanowi, H. kiprijanowi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Holodipterus White and Moy-Thomas
1977Holodipterus Miles
1990Holodipterus Campbell and Barwick
2002Holodipterus Sepkoski
2010Holodipterus Long
2019Holodipterus 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
familyHolodipteridaeGorizdro-Kulczycka 1950
genusHolodipterusWhite and Moy-Thomas 1940

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. †Holodipterus White and Moy-Thomas 1940
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†Holodipterus elderae Pridmore 1994
†Holodipterus gogoensis Miles 1977
†Holodipterus santacrucensis Gorizdro-Kulczycka 1950
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Frasnian to the top of the Middle Famennian or 382.31000 to 365.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Australia (Western Australia) H. elderae (197263) H. gogoensis (225568)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Poland H. santacrucensis (239924)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Russian Federation (Oryol Oblast) H. kiprijanowi (226045)