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Actinopteria
Taxonomy
Actinopteria was named by Hall (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl P l].
It was reranked as Ptychopteria (Actinopteria) by Chen and Lan (1976).
It was assigned to Ptychopteria by Chen and Lan (1976); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pterineidae by Vokes (1980) and Nagel-Myers et al. (2018).
It was reranked as Ptychopteria (Actinopteria) by Chen and Lan (1976).
It was assigned to Ptychopteria by Chen and Lan (1976); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pterineidae by Vokes (1980) and Nagel-Myers et al. (2018).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1884 | Actinopteria Hall |
| 1976 | Ptychopteria (Actinopteria) Chen and Lan p. 134 |
| 1980 | Actinopteria Vokes p. 34 |
| 2002 | Actinopteria Sepkoski |
| 2018 | Actinopteria Nagel-Myers et al. p. 391 |
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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. †Actinopteria Hall 1884
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†Actinopteria acinaces Talent 1963
†Actinopteria boydi Conrad 1842
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Invalid names: Actinopteria delta Hall 1883 [synonym], Actinopteria epsilon Hall 1883 [synonym]
†Actinopteria pumila Bogolepova and Kříž 1995
†Actinopteria resplendens Talent 1963
†Ptychopteria (Actinopteria) problematica Chen and Lan 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Rhuddanian to the top of the Changhsingian or 443.40000 to 252.17000 Ma
Collections (407 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Silurian | USA (New York) | A. sp. (10456) | |
| Silurian | Australia (Victoria) | A. sp. (10191) | |
| Rhuddanian | Russian Federation (Siberia) | A. pumila (3346) A. sp. (3344) | |
| Llandovery - Wenlock | China (Jiangxi) | A. sp. (27897) | |
| Telychian | China (Yunnan) | A. sp. (27851) | |
| Telychian | Spain (Guadalajara) | A. dakryodes, A. isabelae (85119) | |
| Sheinwoodian | Norway | A. sowerbyi (14275) | |
| Wenlock | USA (Wisconsin) | A. brisa (13002) | |
| Wenlock | USA (Iowa) | A. sp. (25019) | |
| Wenlock | Ireland | A. sowerbyi (499 500 501) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Mississippian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | A. sp. (575) | |
| Mississippian | USA (California) | A. boydi (214521) | |
| Visean | United Kingdom (Scotland) | A. persulcata (92517) | |
| Brigantian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | A. fluctuosa (6327 6331 6333 6342 6348 6356 6363 6364 6366 6369 6393 6397 6400 6402 6405 6406 6410 6411 6413 6414 6415 6416 6417 6418 6419 6420 6423 6426 6428 6430 6433 6454) A. sp. (565) | |
| Brigantian | United Kingdom (England) | A. persulcata (73391 73420 162351) | |
| Pendleian | United Kingdom (England) | A. persulcata (162352) | |
| Arnsbergian | United Kingdom (England) | A. persulcata (8626) A. regularis (162363) | |
| Gzhelian | Russian Federation | A. sp. (51474) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Guizhou) | Ptychopteria problematica (197494) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Guizhou) | Ptychopteria problematica (98029 108546) | |