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Eustenopteron

Osteichthyes - Osteolepidiformes - Tristichopteridae

Taxonomy
Eusthenopteron was named by Whiteaves (1881) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give-u D Fras Sepkoski's reference number: 502]. Its type is Eusthenopteron foordi.

It was corrected as Eustenopteron by Berg (1955), van der Laan (2019).

It was assigned to Rhizodontidae by Woodward (1891); to Megalichthyidae by Hay (1902); to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Eusthenopteridae by Berg (1955), Borgen and Nakrem (2016); and to Tristichopteridae by Jeffery (2002), van der Laan (2019), Young et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Eusthenopteron Whiteaves p. 161
1891Eusthenopteron Woodward p. 361
1902Eusthenopteron Hay p. 361
1955Eustenopteron Berg p. 94
2002Eusthenopteron Jeffery p. 272
2002Eusthenopteron Sepkoski
2016Eusthenopteron Borgen and Nakrem
2019Eusthenopteron Young et al.
2019Eustenopteron van der Laan p. 92

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassOsteolepidida(Boulenger 1901)
orderOsteolepidiformes
suborderCyclolepidoidei
familyTristichopteridaeCope 1887
genusEustenopteron()

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. †Eustenopteron Whiteaves 1881
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Eusthenopteron foordi Whiteaves 1881
Eusthenopteron jenkinsi Downs et al. 2018
Eusthenopteron kurshi Zupins 2008
Eusthenopteron obruchevi Vorobyeva 1977
Eusthenopteron wenjukowi Jarvik 1937
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, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Givetian to the top of the Famennian or 383.40000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31Latvia (Cesis) Eusthenopteron kurshi (231930)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Latvia Eusthenopteron kurshi (225777)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Canada (Nunavut) Eusthenopteron jenkinsi (238424)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Quebec) Eusthenopteron foordi (179176)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation Eusthenopteron saevesoederberghi, Jarvikina wenjukowi (239134)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) Eusthenopteron sp. (226394)
Middle Frasnian - Late/Upper Frasnian379.0 - 372.15United Kingdom Eusthenopteron sp. (239413)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Latvia Eusthenopteron sp. (176220)