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Glyptolepis

Dipnomorpha - Holoptychiidae

Taxonomy
Glyptolepis was named by Agassiz (1843) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife D Fras-m Sepkoski's reference number: 502].

It was assigned to Coelacanthi by Owen (1859); to Glyptodipterini by Huxley (1861); to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Holoptychiidae by Mondéjar‐Fernández et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Glyptolepis Agassiz p. 175
1859Glyptolepis Owen p. 123
1861Glyptolepis Huxley p. 11
2002Glyptolepis Sepkoski
2020Glyptolepis Mondéjar‐Fernández et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnomorpha(Ahlberg 1991)
suborderPorolepiformes(Jarvik 1942)
familyHoloptychiidae
genusGlyptolepis

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. †Glyptolepis Agassiz 1843
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†Glyptolepis baltica Gross 1936
†Glyptolepis elegans Agassiz 1844
†Glyptolepis groenlandica Jarvik 1973
†Glyptolepis leptopterus Agassiz 1844
†Glyptolepis paucidens Agassiz 1844
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, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 410.62000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Gormel) G. sp. (232957)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom (Scotland) G. leptopterus (226059 226061) G. paucidens, G. leptopterus (226058) G. paucides (226060)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Latvia G. spp. (225795 225796 225797)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Estonia G. spp. (225791 225792 225793 225794)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom G. leptopterus (238085)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Greenland G. groenlandica (238275)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Belarus G. sp. (225886)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Estonia G. karksiensis (225851) G. spp. (225803 225804)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Latvia G. spp. (225802 225850)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31United Kingdom G. paucidens (238521)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Russian Federation G. sp. (239155)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4United Kingdom G. sp. (238519)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4Belarus G. sp. (225887)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Latvia G. baltica (225777)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Estonia G. spp. (225778)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Belarus G. sp. (225888)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Australia (Victoria) G. sp. (239421)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation G. sp. (90343)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation G. sp. (239134)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) G. sp. (226394)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Latvia G. dellei (238744)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Russian Federation G. dellei (238703)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Russian Federation (Oryol Oblast) G. dellei (226045)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Ireland G. elegans (32230)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Belgium (Namur) G. multistriatus, G. radians (225613)