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Dianolepididae

Placodermi - Bothriolepidiformes - Dianolepididae

Taxonomy

Dianolepididae was named by Long (1983). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Bothriolepidoidei by Long (1983); and to Bothriolepidiformes by van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa

Dianolepis, Jiangxilepis, Kirgisolepis, Tenizolepidinae, Wudinolepis

Entered

by J. Flannery-Sutherland on 2025-02-28; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2025-07-21

Synonyms

Wudinolepidae was named by Chang (1965). Its type is Wudinolepis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dianolepididae by van der Laan (2019).
Jiangxilepidae was named by Zhang and Liu (1991).

It was synonymized subjectively with Dianolepididae by van der Laan (2019).
Tenizolepidinae was named by Moloshnikov (2012). Its type is Tenizolepis.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Dianolepididae by van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1965	Wudinolepidae Chang
1983	Dianolepididae Long
1991	Jiangxilepidae Zhang and Liu
2012	Tenizolepidinae Moloshnikov
2019	Dianolepididae van der Laan p. 28

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata

Rank	Name	Author
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Placodermi	M'Coy 1848
—	Antiarchi	(Cope 1885)
order	Bothriolepidiformes
family	Dianolepididae
family	Dianolepididae

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. †Dianolepididae Long 1983

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G. †Dianolepis Chang 1965

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†Dianolepis liui Chang 1965

G. †Jiangxilepis Zhang and Liu 1991

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†Jiangxilepis longibrachius Zhang and Liu 1991

†Jiangxilepis sinensis Pan 1964

G. †Kirgisolepis Panteleyev 1992

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†Kirgisolepis karabaltaensis Panteleyev 1992

Invalid names: Jiangxilepidae Zhang and Liu 1991 [synonym], Tenizolepidinae Moloshnikov 2012 [invalid subgroup], Wudinolepidae Chang 1965 [synonym]

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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

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

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Emsian	410.62 - 393.47	China	Dianolepis liui (238079)
Late/Upper Emsian	399.5 - 393.47	China	Wudinolepis weni (238391)
Late/Upper Devonian	382.31 - 358.86	Kyrgyzstan	Kirgisolepis karabaltaensis (238423)
Famennian	372.15 - 358.86	China (Jiangsu)	Jiangxilepis longibrachius, Jiangxilepis sinensis (22790)