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Pholidosteidae
Taxonomy
Pholidosteidae was named by Gross (1932). Its type is Pholidosteus.
It was assigned to Coccosteina by Denison (1975); to Coccosteoidea by Denison (1978), Denison (1984); and to Arthrodira by van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Coccosteina by Denison (1975); to Coccosteoidea by Denison (1978), Denison (1984); and to Arthrodira by van der Laan (2019).
Subtaxa
Entered
by J. Marcot on 2018-04-10; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2025-07-21
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1932 | Pholidosteidae Gross |
| 1975 | Pholidosteidae Denison p. 23 |
| 1978 | Pholidosteidae Denison |
| 1984 | Pholidosteidae Denison p. 396 |
| 2019 | Pholidosteidae van der Laan p. 29 |
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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.
Fm. †Pholidosteidae Gross 1932
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G. †Pholidosteus Jaeckel 1907
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†Pholidosteus bidorsatus Koenen 1880
†Pholidosteus friedeli Jaekel 1907
†Pholidosteus laevior Gross 1932
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Middle Frasnian or 379.00000 to 375.20000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Frasnian | Germany | Pholidosteus pygmaeus, Pholidosteus friedeli, Pholidosteus bidorsatus, Pholidosteus laevior, Tapinosteus heintzi (233181) | |
| Middle Frasnian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) | Malerosteus gorizdroae (226394) |