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Osteolepidae
Taxonomy
Osteolepidae is a family. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Rhipidistia by Hay (1902); to Crossopterygii by Woodward (1891), Eastman (1903); to Crossopterygii by Heintz (1934); to Rhipidistia by Jordan (1963); to Osteolepidoidea by Daly (1973); and to Osteolepiformes by Young et al. (1992).
It was assigned to Rhipidistia by Hay (1902); to Crossopterygii by Woodward (1891), Eastman (1903); to Crossopterygii by Heintz (1934); to Rhipidistia by Jordan (1963); to Osteolepidoidea by Daly (1973); and to Osteolepiformes by Young et al. (1992).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
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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. †Osteolepidae
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G. †Megalichthys Agassiz 1835
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†Megalichthys coccolepis Young 1870
†Megalichthys hibberti Agassiz 1835
†Megalichthys intermedius Woodward 1891
†Megalichthys laevis Traquair 1890
†Megalichthys laticeps Traquair 1884
†Megalichthys macropoma Cope 1892
†Megalichthys maxillaris Agassiz 1843
†Megalichthys mullisoni Downs and Daeschler 2020
†Megalichthys nitens Fritsch 1889
†Megalichthys priscus Agassiz 1843
†Megalichthys pygmaeus Traquair 1841
†Megalichthys rugosus Young 1870
Invalid names: Centrodus M'Coy 1848 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Cisuralian or 413.02000 to 274.40000 Ma
Collections (31 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pragian | China (Yunnan) | Osteolepidae indet. (196858) | |
| Emsian - Givetian | Antarctica | Osteolepidae indet. (207077 207084 207085) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian - Middle Givetian | Australia (New South Wales) | Osteolepidae indet. (238202) | |
| Givetian | Antarctica | Osteolepidae indet. (207070 207081 207082 207083 207089 207090 207092 207095 207098) | |
| Givetian | Belarus (Gormel) | Osteolepidae indet. (242242) | |
| Givetian | Belarus (Brest) | Osteolepidae indet. (242243 242244) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian | Venezuela | Osteolepidae indet. (239502) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian | Australia (Victoria) | Osteolepidae indet. (239421) | |
| Famennian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Megalichthys mullisoni (196360) | |
| Arundian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Megalichthys sp. (90682) | |
| Asbian | USA (Iowa) | Osteolepidae indet. (68318) | |
| Asbian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Megalichthys sp. (230478) | |
| Serpukhovian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Megalichthys sp. (235483) | |
| Pennsylvanian | United Kingdom | Centrodus striatulus (132777) Megalichthys hibberti (132730 132731) | |
| Westphalian B | United Kingdom (Flintshire) | Megalichthys hibberti (233401) | |
| Middle Pennsylvanian | USA (West Virginia) | Megalichthyes sp. (125143) | |
| Moscovian | United Kingdom | Megalichthys pygmaeus (137309) | |
| Cisuralian | Norway (Akhershus) | Megalichthys sp. (125173) |