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Lepidosirenidae

Osteichthyes - Ceratodontiformes - Lepidosirenidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Lepidosirenidae Savage
1953Lepidosirenidae Stirton
1963Lepidosirenidae Jordan p. 611
1973Lepidosirenidae Daly p. 568
1977Lepidosirenidae Bondesio and Pascual p. 39
1977Lepidosirenidae Miles
1982Lepidosirenidae Martin p. 614
1993Lepidosirenidae Schultze
2001Lepidosirenidae Churcher and De Iuliis p. 316
2004Lepidosirenidae Schultze p. 474
2007Lepidosirenidae Apesteguia et al.
2013Lepidosirenidae Betancur et al.
2016Lepidosirenidae Nelson et al. p. 109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassDipnomorpha(Ahlberg 1991)
superorderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
orderCeratodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderLepidosirenoidei
familyLepidosirenidae
familyLepidosirenidae

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. Lepidosirenidae Stirton 1953
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G. Lepidosiren Fitzinger 1837
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†Lepidosiren megalos Silva Santos 1987
Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger 1837 [South American lungfish]
G. Protopterus Agassiz 1843 [african lungfish]
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Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel 1851 [marbled lungfish]
Protopterus amphibius Peters 1844 [Gilled lungfish]
Protopterus annectens Stromer 1910
†Protopterus crassidens Churcher and De Iuliis 2001
Protopterus dolloi Boulenger 1900 [Slender lungfish]
†Protopterus libycus Stromer 1910
†Protopterus regulatus Schaal 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:35:13
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:35:13
Source: f = family, o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 100.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (101 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Libya (Awbari) Protopterus sp. (45725)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Protopterus sp. (163917)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Niger (Tahoua) Protopterus sp. (48867)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Egypt (Al Wadi al Jadid) Protopterus crassidens (97760 98106)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) Protopterus sp. (150678) Protopterus sp., Protopterus protopteroides (38682)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan (River Nile) Protopterus sp. (178525)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Bolivia (Cochabamba) Lepidosiren paradoxa (12855)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Bolivia (Mizque) Lepidosiren paradoxa (13501)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07Peru (Puno) Lepidosiren paradoxa (132938) Lepidosirenidae indet. (28230)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Mali (Gao) Protopterus elongus (175262)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Algeria Protopterus sp. (71984)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Argentina (Jujuy) Lepidosiren paradoxa (176658)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9Libya (Sirt) Protopterus sp. (175361 175362 187327)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.03 - 33.9Libya Protopterus sp. (55449)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Peru (San Martín) Lepidosirenidae indet. (225589)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Peru (San Martin) Lepidosirenidae indet. (225588)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Peru Lepidosirenidae indet. (199559 199563 225590)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Oman (Dhofar) Protopterus sp. (175334)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Peru Lepidosirenidae indet. (199560 199562)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kenya Protopterus sp. (174673)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Kenya Protopterus sp. (70808)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Tanzania Protopterus sp. (22155)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Uganda Protopterus sp. (22440 22454)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya Protopterus sp. (57007)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya (Nyanza) Protopterus sp. (92703)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Colombia (La Guajira) L. sp. (166506)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Kenya Protopterus sp. (22071)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Colombia (Guajira) Lepidosiren sp. (190376)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Colombia (Huila) Lepidosiren sp. (186805 186806)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Peru Lepidosiren sp. (213137)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Lepidosiren paradoxa (186608 186624 186630 186639 186661 186662 186663 186664 186665 186666 186667 186668 186669 186671 186674 186675 186676 186677) Lepidosiren sp., Lepidosiren paradoxa (186683)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Lepidosiren sp. (67385)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Peru Lepidosiren sp. (176162)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Uganda Protopterus sp. (22358 22443)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Kenya Protopterus sp. (22241)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Uganda Protopterus sp. (22345 22368)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Protopterus sp. (22242)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Tanzania Protopterus sp. (22143)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tanzania Protopterus sp. (22044 22144)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Protopterus sp. (21510)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Uganda Protopterus sp. (22257 22265)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania Protopterus sp. (22477)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Malawi Protopterus sp. (22271)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Kenya Protopterus sp. (22235 22239)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya Protopterus sp. (21531)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Egypt Protopterus aethiopicus (22592)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia Protopterus sp. (21546)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya Protopterus sp. (21538)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Protopterus sp. (21446 21451 21497 32116)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya Protopterus sp. (21453 21456 21466 21499 21500 21513 21522)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Protopterus sp. (22098 22103)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Protopterus sp. (21414 21524 21526 21534)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Protopterus aethiopicus (22065 22066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Protopterus aethiopicus (22068)