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Lophosteidae
Taxonomy
Lophosteidae was named by Gross (1969). It is not extant. Its type is Lophosteus.
It was assigned to Osteichthyes by van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Osteichthyes by van der Laan (2019).
Subtaxa
Lophosteus (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1969 | Lophosteidae Gross p. 17 |
| 2019 | Lophosteidae van der Laan p. 45 |
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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.
Fm. †Lophosteidae Gross 1969
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G. †Lophosteus Pander 1856
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†Lophosteus canadensis Schultze and Märss 2004
†Lophosteus connexus Schultze and Märss 2004
†Lophosteus incrementus Burrow 1995
†Lophosteus ohesaarensis Schultze and Märss 2004
†Lophosteus superbus Pander 1856
†Lophosteus uralensis Schultze and Märss 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ludlow | Australia (Queensland) | Lophosteus superbus (232518) | |
| Pridoli | Lithuania | Lophosteus superbus (207344) | |
| Ohesaare | Estonia (Saare) | Lophosteus superbus (193837) | |
| Lochkovian - Pragian | Australia (New South Wales) | Lophosteus incrementus (232519) |