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Osteolepidae

Osteichthyes - Osteolepidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Osteolepidae Woodward p. 367
1902Osteolepidae Hay p. 361
1903Osteolepidae Eastman p. 187
1934Osteolepidae Heintz p. S181
1963Osteolepidae Jordan p. 609
1973Osteolepidae Daly p. 567
1992Osteolepidae Young et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
familyOsteolepidae
familyOsteolepidae

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.

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G. †Megalichthys Agassiz 1835
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Megalichthys hibberti Agassiz 1835
Megalichthys intermedius Woodward 1891
Megalichthys laevis Traquair 1890
Megalichthys laticeps Traquair 1884
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
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
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
Pragian413.02 - 410.62China (Yunnan) Osteolepidae indet. (196858)
Emsian - Givetian410.62 - 382.31Antarctica Osteolepidae indet. (207077 207084 207085)
Early/Lower Givetian - Middle Givetian387.95 - 383.4Australia (New South Wales) Osteolepidae indet. (238202)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Antarctica Osteolepidae indet. (207070 207081 207082 207083 207089 207090 207092 207095 207098)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Belarus (Gormel) Osteolepidae indet. (242242)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Belarus (Brest) Osteolepidae indet. (242243 242244)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Venezuela Osteolepidae indet. (239502)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Australia (Victoria) Osteolepidae indet. (239421)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Pennsylvania) Megalichthys mullisoni (196360)
Arundian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Megalichthys sp. (90682)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9USA (Iowa) Osteolepidae indet. (68318)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Megalichthys sp. (230478)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Megalichthys sp. (235483)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9United Kingdom Centrodus striatulus (132777) Megalichthys hibberti (132730 132731)
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6United Kingdom (Flintshire) Megalichthys hibberti (233401)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (West Virginia) Megalichthyes sp. (125143)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0United Kingdom Megalichthys pygmaeus (137309)
Cisuralian298.9 - 274.4Norway (Akhershus) Megalichthys sp. (125173)