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Rhinodipterus

Osteichthyes - Dipteriformes - Dipteridae

Taxonomy
Rhinodipterus was named by Gross (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: D m D u]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Rhinodipteridae.

It was assigned to Dipnoi by Miles (1977); to Dipteriformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Rhinodipteridae by Campbell and Barwick (1990), Clement (2012); and to Dipteridae by Krupina (1995), van der Laan (2019).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by G. Lloyd on 2018-10-02

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Rhinodipterus Gross
1977Rhinodipterus Miles
1990Rhinodipterus Campbell and Barwick
1995Rhinodipterus Krupina
2002Rhinodipterus Sepkoski
2012Rhinodipterus Clement
2019Rhinodipterus 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
familyDipteridaeOwen 1846
genusRhinodipterusGross 1956

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. †Rhinodipterus Gross 1956
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Rhinodipterus secans Gross 1956
Rhinodipterus stolbovi Krupina 1995
Rhinodipterus ulrichi Ørvig 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: lagoonal, marine, brackish, freshwatersubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2026-03-22 14:39:02
Modified: 2026-03-22 14:39:02
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Truuver and Meidla 2015, Bambach et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Givetian to the top of the Middle Frasnian or 387.95000 to 375.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Estonia R. sp. (225804)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Latvia R. secans (225777)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) R. ulrichi (197071)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Iran R. sp. (226048)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) R. kimberleyensis (203259)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation R. secans (239134)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Russian Federation (Saint Petersburg) R. stolbovi (196703)