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Holophagus

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae

Taxonomy
Holophagus was named by Egerton (1861) [Sepkoski's age data: J Hett K Berr Sepkoski's reference number: 452,1066].

It was synonymized subjectively with Undina by Woodward (1916).

It was assigned to Coelacanthidae by Gardiner (1960); to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Latimeriidae by Forey (1998), Schultze (2004), Graf (2012), Dutel et al. (2012); and to Latimeriinae by Ferrante and Cavin (2023).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Holophagus Egerton p. 19
1862Urocomus Costa
1960Holophagus Gardiner p. 326
1998Holophagus Forey p. 300
2002Holophagus Sepkoski
2004Holophagus Schultze p. 468
2012Holophagus Dutel et al. p. 22
2012Holophagus Graf
2023Holophagus Ferrante and Cavin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
familyLatimeriidaeBerg 1940
subfamilyLatimeriinaeBerg 1940
genusHolophagus

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. †Holophagus Egerton 1861
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Holophagus gulo Egerton 1861
Holophagus picenus Costa 1862
Invalid names: Urocomus Costa 1862 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Olenekian to the top of the Late/Upper Barremian or 249.90000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Volgograd) H. sp. (27343)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) H. sp. (83370)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Italy Urocomus picenus (153108)
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9United Kingdom H. gulo (140080)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) H. gulo (122155) Undina gulo (122154)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) H. leridae (28006)