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Dinichthyidae
Taxonomy
Dinichthyidae was named by Newberry (1888).
It was reranked as the subfamily Dinichthyinae by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Coccosteidae by Hay (1902); to Arthrothoraci by Jordan (1963); to Pachyosteida by Obruchev (1964); to Brachythoraci by Straka and Semken (1969); to Pachyosteina by Denison (1975); to Dinichthyoidea by Denison (1978), Denison (1984); and to Aspinothoracidi by Carr and Hlavin (2010), van der Laan (2019).
It was reranked as the subfamily Dinichthyinae by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Coccosteidae by Hay (1902); to Arthrothoraci by Jordan (1963); to Pachyosteida by Obruchev (1964); to Brachythoraci by Straka and Semken (1969); to Pachyosteina by Denison (1975); to Dinichthyoidea by Denison (1978), Denison (1984); and to Aspinothoracidi by Carr and Hlavin (2010), van der Laan (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1888 | Dinichthyidae Newberry |
| 1902 | Dinichthyinae Hay p. 345 |
| 1963 | Dinichthyidae Jordan p. 588 |
| 1964 | Dinichthyidae Obruchev p. 205 |
| 1969 | Dinichthyidae Straka and Semken p. 1424 |
| 1975 | Dinichthyidae Denison p. 23 |
| 1978 | Dinichthyidae Denison |
| 1984 | Dinichthyidae Denison p. 396 |
| 2010 | Dinichthyidae Carr and Hlavin p. 198 |
| 2019 | Dinichthyidae van der Laan p. 32 |
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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. †Dinichthyidae Newberry 1888
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G. †Brachygnathus Agassiz 1843
G. †Dinichthys Newberry 1868
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†Dinichthys canadensis Whiteaves 1892
†Dinichthys curtus Newberry 1888
†Dinichthys denisoni Kulczycki 1957
†Dinichthys gouldii Newberry 1885
†Dinichthys gracilis Claypole 1893
†Dinichthys halmodeus Clarke 1894
†Dinichthys herzeri Newberry 1868
†Dinichthys intermedius Newberry 1889
†Dinichthys jeffersonensis Branson and Mehl 1931
†Dinichthys lincolni Claypole 1893
†Dinichthys minor Newberry 1878
†Dinichthys newberryi Clarke 1885
†Dinichthys praemaxillaris Hay 1902
†Dinichthys precursor Newberry 1889
†Dinichthys prentisclarki Claypole 1896
†Dinichthys ringuebergi Newberry 1889
†Dinichthys terrelli Miller 1892
†Dinichthys tuberculatus Newberry 1888
G. †Eastmanosteus Obruchev 1964
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†Eastmanosteus aduncus Hussakof and Bryant 1919
†Eastmanosteus calliaspis DENNIS-BRYAN 1987
†Eastmanosteus egloni Obrucheva 1956
†Eastmanosteus licharevi Obrucheva 1956
†Eastmanosteus precursor Newberry 1889
†Eastmanosteus pustulosus Eastman 1897
†Eastmanosteus tuberculatus Newberry 1888
G. †Perissognathus Hussakof and Bryant
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available