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Holoptychius
Taxonomy
Holoptychius was named by Agassiz (1843) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give-u D Fame-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,502]. It is the type genus of Holoptychiidae.
It was reranked as Gyrolepis (Holoptychius) by Agassiz (1843); it was corrected as Holoptychus by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Gyrolepis by Agassiz (1843); to Glyptodipterini by Huxley (1861); to Holoptychidae by Jordan (1907); to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Holoptychiidae by Owen (1859), Woodward (1891), Hay (1902), Vorobyeva (2006) and Mondéjar‐Fernández et al. (2020).
It was reranked as Gyrolepis (Holoptychius) by Agassiz (1843); it was corrected as Holoptychus by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Gyrolepis by Agassiz (1843); to Glyptodipterini by Huxley (1861); to Holoptychidae by Jordan (1907); to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Holoptychiidae by Owen (1859), Woodward (1891), Hay (1902), Vorobyeva (2006) and Mondéjar‐Fernández et al. (2020).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1843 | Gyrolepis (Holoptychius) Agassiz |
| 1843 | Holoptychius Agassiz p. 176 |
| 1859 | Holoptychius Owen p. 123 |
| 1861 | Holoptychius Huxley p. 11 |
| 1891 | Holoptychius Woodward p. 322 |
| 1902 | Holoptychius Hay p. 358 |
| 1907 | Holoptychius Jordan p. 120 |
| 2002 | Holoptychus Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Holoptychius Vorobyeva p. 312 |
| 2020 | Holoptychius Mondéjar‐Fernández et al. |
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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.
G. †Holoptychius Agassiz 1843
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†Gyrolepis (Holoptychius) giganteus Agassiz 1843
†Holoptychius americanus Leidy 1843
†Holoptychius bergmanni Downs et al. 2013
†Holoptychius filosus Cope 1892
†Holoptychius flabellatus Cope 1892
†Holoptychius flemingi Agassiz 1844
†Holoptychius granulatus Newberry 1889
†Holoptychius hallii Newberry 1889
†Holoptychius hopkinsii M'Coy 1848
†Holoptychius ishora Jaekel 1929
†Holoptychius jarviki Cloutier and Schultze 1996
†Holoptychius latus Cope 1897
†Holoptychius nobilissimus Agassiz 1835
†Holoptychius pustulosus Newberry 1889
†Holoptychius quebecensis Whiteaves 1889
†Holoptychius radiatus Newberry 1889
†Holoptychius scheii Kiaer 1915
†Holoptychius serrulatus Cope 1897
†Holoptychius taylori Cloutier and Schultze 1996
†Holoptychius tuberculatus Newberry 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available