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Yunnanolepididae

Placodermi - Yunnanolepidiformes - Yunnanolepididae

Taxonomy
Yunnanolepididae was named by Zhang (1978). Its type is Yunnanolepis.

It was corrected as Yunnanolepidae by Wang (1994).

It was assigned to Yunnanolepiformes by Wang (1994); to Yunnanolepidoidei by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Yunnanolepidiformes by van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Yunnanolepididae Zhang
1994Yunnanolepidae Wang p. 21
2016Yunnanolepididae Nelson et al. p. 38
2019Yunnanolepididae van der Laan p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
Antiarchi(Cope 1885)
orderYunnanolepidiformes(Zhang 1978)
familyYunnanolepididaeZhang 1978
familyYunnanolepididaeZhang 1978

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. †Yunnanolepididae Zhang 1978
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G. †Heteroyunnanolepis Wang 1994
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G. †Mizia Zhu 1996
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Mizia longhuaensis Zhu 1996
Mizia parvus Zhu 1996
G. †Parayunnanolepis Zhang et al. 2001
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Parayunnanolepis xitunensis Zhang et al. 2001
G. †Yunnanolepis Liu 1963
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Yunnanolepis bacboensis Thanh and Janvier 1990
Yunnanolepis chii Liu 1963
Yunnanolepis deprati Thanh and Janvier 1990
Yunnanolepis spinulosa Janvier and Phuong 1999
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:32:58
Modified: 2004-08-17 16:32:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Lochkovian to the top of the Early/Lower Emsian or 414.60000 to 399.50000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02China (Guangxi) Yunnanolepis sp. (4005 4007)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02China (Yunnan) Yunnanolepis parvus, Yunnanolepis chii, Heteroyunnanolepis qujingensis, Yunnanolepis porifera (173380) Yunnanolepis sp., Yunnanolepis chii, Yunnanolepis porifera, Parayunnanolepis xitunensis, Mizia parvus (162781)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Vietnam (Bac Kan) Yunnanolepidae indet. (238033)
Late/Upper Lochkovian414.6 - 413.02Vietnam Heteroyunnanolepis qujingensis (239311) Heteroyunnanolepis sp. (238525)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Vietnam Yunnanolepis bacboensis, Yunnanolepis deprati (238069)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62China Yunnanolepis sp. (238849)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5China Mizia longhuaensis (238387)