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Lepadolepididae

Placodermi - Asterolepidiformes - Lepadolepididae

Taxonomy
Lepadolepinae was named by Berg (1955). Its type is Lepadolepis.

It was reranked as the family Lepadolepididae by van der Laan (2019).

It was assigned to Asterolepidiformes by van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Lepadolepididae 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)
orderAsterolepidiformes
familyLepadolepididae(Berg 1955)
familyLepadolepididae(Berg 1955)

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. †Lepadolepididae Berg 1955
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G. †Ceratolepichthys Whitley 1940
G. †Lepadolepis White and Moy-Thomas 1940
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Lepadolepis stensioei Gross 1933
Invalid names: Ceratolepis Gross 1933 [replaced]
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: Frasnian or 382.31000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Germany Lepadolepis stensioei (233181)