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Diploceraspis

Osteichthyes - Diplocaulidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Diploceraspis Beerbower p. 104
1988Diploceraspis Carroll
1998Diploceraspis Carroll et al. p. 76
2012Diploceraspis Maddin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
—Lepospondyli()
—Nectridea()
familyDiplocaulidae
genusDiploceraspis

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.

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†Diploceraspis burkei Romer 1952
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Invalid names: Diploceraspis conemaughensis Romer 1952 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2005-03-06 14:47:58
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:47:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Virgilian to the top of the Sakmarian or 303.70000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stephanian307.4 - 300.3USA (Pennsylvania) D. conemaughensis (126535)
Stephanian - Sakmarian307.4 - 290.1USA (West Virginia) D. sp. (126541)
Stephanian - Sakmarian307.4 - 290.1USA (Ohio) D. sp. (126536)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (West Virginia) D. burkei (177058)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Pennsylvania) D. sp. (126574)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (West Virginia) D. burkei (126543) D. sp. (126542 126544 126545 126546 126547 126548 126549 126570 126571 126572 126575 126577 126578 126579 126580 126581 126582 126583 126584)