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Ptycholepiformes
Taxonomy
Ptycholepiformes is an order. It is not extant.
It was corrected as Ptycholepidiformes by Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Osteichthyes by Sepkoski (2002); to Chondrostei by Long (2011); and to Actinopterygii by Nelson et al. (2016).
It was corrected as Ptycholepidiformes by Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Osteichthyes by Sepkoski (2002); to Chondrostei by Long (2011); and to Actinopterygii by Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Ptycholepiformes Sepkoski |
| 2011 | Ptycholepiformes Long p. 242 |
| 2016 | Ptycholepidiformes Nelson et al. p. 115 |
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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.
Or. †Ptycholepiformes
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G. †Chungkingichthys Su 1974
Fm. †Ptycholepididae Brough 1939
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G. †Acrorhabdus Stensiö 1921
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†Acrorhabdus asplundi Stensiö 1921
†Acrorhabdus bertili Stensiö 1921
†Acrorhabdus latistriatus Stensiö 1921
G. †Boreosomus Stensiö 1921
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†Boreosomus arcticus Woodward 1912
†Boreosomus gillioti Priem 1924
†Boreosomus merlei Beltan 1957
†Boreosomus piveteaui Nielsen 1942
†Boreosomus reuterskioldi Stensiö 1921
†Boreosomus scaber Stensiö 1921
G. †Ptycholepis Agassiz 1832
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†Ptycholepis avus Kner 1866
†Ptycholepis barboi Bassani 1886
†Ptycholepis barrati Sauvage 1875
†Ptycholepis bollensis Agassiz 1832
†Ptycholepis curtus Egerton 1854
†Ptycholepis gracilis Davis 1884
†Ptycholepis magnus Bürgin 1992
†Ptycholepis marshii Newberry 1878
†Ptycholepis minor Egerton 1852
†Ptycholepis monilifer Woodward 1895
†Ptycholepis priscus Bürgin 1992
†Ptycholepis schaefferi Bürgin 1992
†Ptycholepis tenuisquamata Kner 1867
†Ptycholepis viai Beltan 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Griesbachian to the top of the Berriasian or 251.90200 to 137.05000 Ma
Collections (76 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Griesbachian | Greenland | Boreosomus piveteaui (153362 153364 153365 153366) | |
| Dienerian | Madagascar | Boreosomus gillioti (153373 153374 153378) Boreosomus sp., Boreosomus gillioti (153683) | |
| Dienerian | USA (Nevada) | Ardoreosomus occidentalis (203221) | |
| Dienerian | China (Guizhou) | Boreosomus sp. (225582) | |
| Dienerian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Acrolepis arctica (153411) Boreosomus arcticus (120223) | |
| Dienerian | Madagascar (Diana) | Boreosomus gillioti (153773) | |
| Smithian | Canada (British Columbia) | Boreosomus sp. (90301 153369) | |
| Smithian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Acrolepis arctica, Acrorhabdus bertili (120367) Boreosomus arcticus (120303) Boreosomus reuterskioldi (120304 120366) Boreosomus reuterskioldi, Acrorhabdus bertili (120231) Boreosomus reuterskioldi, Acrorhabdus bertili, Acrorhabdus asplundi, Acrorhabdus latistriatus (120228) Boreosomus reuterskioldi, Boreosomus arcticus (120296) Boreosomus scaber (120372) | |
| Olenekian | China (Gansu) | Boreosomus sp., Yuchoulepis gansuensis (105775) | |
| Spathian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Boreosomus scaber (120222 120373 120374) | |
| Aegean - Bithynian | USA (Arizona) | Boreosomus sp. (34888) | |
| Bithynian | USA (Nevada) | Ptycholepis sp. (93564) | |
| Pelsonian | Italy | Ptycholepis barboi (154334) | |
| Illyrian | Italy | Ptycholepis barboi (122061 122150 149323) | |
| Illyrian | Switzerland | Ptycholepis barboi (117994 122059 122062) Ptycholepis barboi, Ptycholepis priscus, Ptycholepis schaefferi (122058) Ptycholepis barboi, Ptycholepis priscus, Ptycholepis schaefferi, Ptycholepis magnus (122060) Ptycholepis barboi, Ptycholepis schaefferi, Ptycholepis magnus (98104) Ptycholepis magnus (122063) | |
| Illyrian - Fassanian | Switzerland | Ptycholepis barboi, Ptycholepis priscus, Ptycholepis schaefferi (122057) | |
| Ladinian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Boreosomus sp. (120224 120369 120370 120371) | |
| Ladinian | Spain | Boreosomus sp., Perleidus viai (149852) Boreosomus sp., Ptycholepis barboi (148734) Ptycholepis barboi (148735 148738 148739) | |
| Longobardian | Spain (Tarragona) | Boreosomus sp., Perleidus viai (109710) | |
| Julian | Italy | Ptycholepis avus (122164 122361) Ptycholepis tenuisquamata (153363) | |
| Norian | USA (New Mexico) | Ptycholepis sp. (57071) | |
| Norian | USA (Virginia) | Ptycholepis marshi (224089) | |
| Hettangian | USA (Virginia) | Ptycholepis sp. (107637) | |
| Hettangian | USA (Connecticut) | Ptycholepis marshi (47198 224079) | |
| Liasicus | Belgium (Luxembourg) | Ptycholepis sp. (40087) | |
| Planorbis | United Kingdom | Ptycholepis minor (131892) | |
| Planorbis | United Kingdom (England) | Ptycholepis minor (122157) | |
| Sinemurian | United Kingdom (England) | Ptycholepis gracilis, Ptycholepis curtus (122154 122155) Ptycholepis monilifer, Ptycholepis gracilis, Ptycholepis curtus (122153) | |
| Sinemurian | USA (New Jersey) | Ptycholepis marshi (187288) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | France | Ptycholepis bollensis (122733 122735) | |
| Falciferum | France | Ptycholepis barrati (122734) | |
| Toarcian | United Kingdom (England) | Ptycholepis bollensis (122167 122372 122373) | |
| Late/Upper Bathonian | Russian Federation (Moskva) | Ptycholepis sp. (52961) | |
| Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | China (Liaoning) | Ptycholepidae indet. (92421) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian | China (Xinjiang) | Osteichthyes indet. (47056) | |
| Tithonian - Berriasian | Thailand (Kalasin) | Ptycholepis sp. (48872) |