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Onychodontida

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Onychodontida was named by Andrews (1973). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Sarcopterygii by Upeniece (1995); to Dipnotetrapodomorpha by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Sarcopterygii by van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa
Onychodontiformes (syn. Struniiformes)
Sister taxa
Onychodontiformes (syn. Struniiformes)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Onychodontida Andrews
1995Onychodontida Upeniece
2016Onychodontida Nelson et al. p. 105
2019Onychodontida van der Laan p. 88

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassOnychodontidaAndrews 1973
infraclassOnychodontidaAndrews 1973

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.

Infracl. †Onychodontida Andrews 1973
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G. †Bukkanodus Johanson et al. 2007
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†Bukkanodus jesseni Johanson et al. 2007
Fm. †Onychodontidae Woodward 1891
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G. †Grossius Schultze 1973
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†Grossius aragonensis Schultze 1973
G. †Luckeus Young and Schultze 2005
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†Luckeus abudda Young and Schultze 2005
G. †Onychodus Newberry 1857
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†Onychodus eriensis Mann et al. 2017
†Onychodus jandemarrai Andrews et al. 2006
†Onychodus ortoni Newberry 1889
†Onychodus sigmoides Newberry 1857
G. †Pycnacanthus Fischer von Waldheim 1852
G. †Qingmenodus Lu and Zhu 2010
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†Qingmenodus yui Lu and Zhu 2010
Invalid names: Pycnacanthidae Lebedev 1995 [synonym]
G. †Strunius Jessen 1966
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†Strunius rolandi Jessen 1966
†Strunius walteri Jessen 1966
Invalid names: Struniiformes [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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Middle Pennsylvanian or 413.02000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47USA (Nevada) Onychodus sp. (216485 216493)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Belarus (Vitebsk) Onychodontidae indet. (232499)
Devonian419.62 - 358.86Australia (Victoria) Bukkanodus jesseni (136138)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62China (Yunnan) Qingmenodus yui (196858)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Gormel) Onychodontiformes indet. (232955 232956)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Mogilev) Onychodontiformes indet. (232954)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Vitebsk) Onychodontiformes indet., Onychodontidae indet. (232875)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Australia (Queensland) Luckeus abudda (196702)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Australia (Northern Territory) Onychodontidae indet. (196701)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Ohio) Onychodus sigmoides (213760 230500)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Michigan) Onychodus sigmoides (207839)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) Onychodus eriensis (195882)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Iran Onychodus sigmoides (239496)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Estonia Onychodus sp. (225793 225794)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belarus (Vitebsk) Onychodontidae indet. (232874) Onychodus sp., Onychodontidae indet. (232958)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31USA (Ohio) Onychodus sigmoides (238773)
Late/Upper Eifelian390.5 - 387.95China Onychodontidae indet. (239382)
Late/Upper Eifelian390.5 - 387.95Spain Grossius aragonensis (238313)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Estonia Onychodus sp. (225851)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany Onychodus sp. (227413)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) Onychodus sp. (238766)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Belarus (Brest) Onychodus sp. (242243)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Iowa) Onychodus sp. (163063)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Latvia Strunius spp. (225777)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Australia (Western Australia) Onychodus jandemarrai (225568)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Iran Onychodus sp. (226048)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation Onychodus sp. (90343)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Colorado) Onychodontida indet. (238486 238491)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Germany Strunius rolandi, Strunius walteri (145664)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Arizona) Onychodus sp. (238077)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) Onychodus jaekeli (226394)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Belarus (Homel) Onychodus sp. (232526) Strunius sp. (232529)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86South Africa (Eastern Cape) Onychodontiformes indet. (68049)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Russian Federation (Oryol Oblast) Pycnacanthus fischeri, Strunius rolandi (226045)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Russian Federation (Tula) Strunius sp. (225666)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Russian Federation (Tulskaya Oblast) Strunius sp. (176224)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (West Virginia) Onychodus sp. (125143)