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Gyroptychius

Osteichthyes - Osteolepidiformes - Gyroptychiidae

Taxonomy
Gyroptychius was named by M'Coy (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife-l D Give Sepkoski's reference number: 502].

It was assigned to Glyptodipterini by Huxley (1861); to Rhizodontidae by Woodward (1891); to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gyroptychiidae by Borgen and Nakrem (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Gyroptychius M'Coy
1861Gyroptychius Huxley p. 11
1891Gyroptychius Woodward p. 358
2002Gyroptychius Sepkoski
2016Gyroptychius Borgen and Nakrem

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassOsteolepidida(Boulenger 1901)
orderOsteolepidiformes
suborderCyclolepidoidei
superfamilyEopodoidea
familyGyroptychiidaeBerg 1958
genusGyroptychiusM'Coy 1848

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. †Gyroptychius M'Coy 1848
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Gyroptychius agassizi Traill 1841
Gyroptychius australis Young and Corter 1981
Gyroptychius elgae Vorobyeva 1977
Gyroptychius kiaeri Jarvik 1949
Gyroptychius milleri Jarvik 1948
Gyroptychius pauli Vorobyeva 1977
Gyroptychius taylori Jessen 1968
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 Eifelian to the top of the Early/Lower Frasnian or 393.47000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom G. agassizi (238085)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom (Scotland) G. sp. (226058 226059 226061)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Latvia G. grossi (225796 225797)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Latvia G. pauli (225802 225850)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Belarus G. sp. (225886)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Estonia G. elgae (225851) G. pauli (225803 225804)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4United Kingdom G. agassizi (238519)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) G. sp. (197071)