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Lycoptera

Actinopteri - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae

Taxonomy
Lycoptera was named by Müller (1847). It is the type genus of Lycopteridae.

It was assigned to Leptolepidae by Woodward (1901); and to Lycopteridae by Zhou and Wang (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Lycoptera Müller
1901Lycoptera Woodward p. 1
2010Lycoptera Zhou and Wang

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderLeptolepidiformes
familyLeptolepididae
genusLycopteraMüller 1847

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. †Lycoptera Müller 1847
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Lycoptera davidi Sauvage 1880
Lycoptera fuxinensis Zhang 2002
Lycoptera middendorffi Muller 1848
Lycoptera muroii Takai 1943
Lycoptera sankeyushuensis Ma and Sun 1988
Lycoptera sinensis Woodward 1901
Lycoptera tokunagai Saito 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2009-07-21 06:27:50
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:27:50
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Aptian or 145.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9China (Shandong) L. sp. (47070)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0Mongolia L. middendorffi (48940)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Nei Mongol) L. kansuensis (91202) L. sp. (85296 103654)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46China (Liaoning) L. davidi (73687) L. sp. (36969 50470 79521)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46China (Nei Mongol) L. davidi (68047)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46China (Hebei) L. sp. (116134)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0China (Hebei) L. davidi (156414)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Liaoning) Lycoptera indet. (129475) L. sp. (36970 85285 118207)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Jilin) L. davidi (197339) L. sp. (196770)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Russian Federation (Transbaikal) L. middendorffii (188777)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46China (Inner Mongolia) L. sp. (193940)