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Cheirolepididae

Osteichthyes - Cheirolepidiformes - Cheirolepididae

Taxonomy
Cheirolepididae was named by Pander (1860). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Arratia and Cloutier (2004); and to Cheirolepidiformes by Nelson et al. (2016).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Cheirolepididae Pander
2004Cheirolepididae Arratia and Cloutier
2016Cheirolepididae Nelson et al. p. 113

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
orderCheirolepidiformes
familyCheirolepididaePander 1860
familyCheirolepididaePander 1860

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. †Cheirolepididae Pander 1860
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G. †Cheirolepis Agassiz 1835
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Cheirolepis aleshkai Plax et al. 2020
Cheirolepis canadensis Whiteaves 1881
Cheirolepis gaugeri Gross 1973
Cheirolepis gracilis Gross 1973
Cheirolepis jonesi Newman et al. 2021
Cheirolepis schultzei Arratia and Cloutier 2004
Cheirolepis trailli Agassiz 1835
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Invalid names: Cheirolepis curtus M'Coy 1848 [synonym]
Cheirolepis uragus Agassiz 1835
Invalid names: Cheirolepis sinualis Mark-Kurik 2000 [nomen nudum]
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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Famennian or 399.50000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Mogilev) Cheirolepis bychovensis (232954)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Gormel) Cheirolepis bychovensis (232955 232956) Cheirolepis gracilis, Cheirolepis bychovensis (232957)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Vitebsk) Cheirolepis bychovensis (232875 232876 232877)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Latvia Cheirolepis sp. (226510)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom (Scotland) Cheirolepis trailli (226058 226059 226060 226061 226062 226494)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belarus (Vitebsk) Cheirolepis aleshkai (232874) Cheirolepis bychovensis (232958)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Latvia Cheirolepis spp. (225796 225797)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom Cheirolepis trailli (238085)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Estonia Cheirolepis gracilis (225791 225794) Cheirolepis spp. (225792 225793)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belarus Cheirolepis gracilis (225881) Cheirolepis sinualis (225853)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Estonia Cheirolepis sp. (225851) Cheirolepis spp. (225803 225804)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Belarus Cheirolepis sp. 1 Kar.-Tal. (225886)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Latvia Cheirolepis spp. (225850)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Belarus (Gormel) Cheirolepis gaugeri (242242)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Nevada) Cheirolepis schultzei (209781)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Spitsbergen) Cheirolepis jonesi (225592)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4Belarus Cheirolepis gaugeri (225887)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Latvia Cheirolepis sp. (225777)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Belarus Cheirolepis sp. 2 Kar.-Tal. (225888)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Estonia Cheirolepis gaugeri (225778)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Quebec) Cheirolepis canadensis (179176)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Latvia Cheirolepididae indet. (238744)