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Euporosteus
Taxonomy
Euporosteus was named by Jaekel (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give D Fras Sepkoski's reference number: 2,1066]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Euporosteidae.
It was assigned to Euporosteidae by Romer (1966); to Actinistia by Forey (1998); to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Diplocercididae by van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Euporosteidae by Romer (1966); to Actinistia by Forey (1998); to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Diplocercididae by van der Laan (2019).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1927 | Euporosteus Jaekel |
| 1966 | Euporosteus Romer p. 362 |
| 1998 | Euporosteus Forey p. 300 |
| 2002 | Euporosteus Sepkoski |
| 2019 | Euporosteus van der Laan p. 87 |
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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. †Euporosteus Jaekel 1927
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†Euporosteus eifeliensis Jaekel 1927
†Euporosteus yunnanensis Lu et al. 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Early/Lower Givetian or 413.02000 to 385.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pragian | China (Yunnan) | E. yunnanensis (196858) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Germany | E. eifeliensis (107420) |