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Pygopteridae

Palaeonisciformes - Pygopteridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Pygopteridae Aldinger p. 135
2006Pygopteridae Nelson p. 91

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyPygopteridae
familyPygopteridae

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. †Pygopteridae Aldinger 1937
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G. †Briveichthys Štamberg and Steyer 2021
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†Briveichthys chantepieorum Štamberg and Steyer 2021
G. †Itararichthys Beltan 1977
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G. †Pygopterus Agassiz 1833
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†Pygopterus bonnardi Agassiz 1833
†Pygopterus concavus Henry 1876
†Pygopterus crecelii Wilser 1923
†Pygopterus degeeri Stensiö 1921
†Pygopterus gleerupi Aldinger 1937
†Pygopterus greenockii Agassiz 1843
†Pygopterus humboldti Agassiz 1833
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Invalid names: Pygopterus mandibularis Agassiz 1839 [synonym]
†Pygopterus jamesoni Agassiz 1843
†Pygopterus latus Egerton 1850
†Pygopterus lucius Agassiz 1833
†Pygopterus nielseni Aldinger 1937
†Pygopterus scoticus Agassiz 1833
†Pygopterus sculptus Agassiz 1843
G. †Zaborichthys Štamberg 1989
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†Zaborichthys fragmentalis Štamberg 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:35:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:35:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Rhaetian or 318.70000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Belgium Pygopterus sp. (228887)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Czech Republic (Bohemia) Zaborichthys fragmentalis (233364)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Czech Republic (Mladá Boleslav) Zaborichthys fragmentalis (227311)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Czech Republic (Central Bohemia) Zaborichthys fragmentalis (227319 227348 227351 227357 227409 227415 227456)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Czech Republic (Kladno) Zaborichthys fragmentalis (227402)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Czech Republic Zaborichthys fragmentalis (155305)
Stephanian C301.0 - 300.4Czech Republic (Central Bohemia) Zaborichthys fragmentalis (227420)
Stephanian C301.0 - 300.4Czech Republic (Liberec) Zaborichthys fragmentalis (227405)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Uruguay (Northern Uruguay) Itararichthys microphthalmus (232871)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1France (Massif Central) Briveichthys chantepieorum (232870)
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian279.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Udmurtia) Pygopterus sp. (187322)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Turkey Pygopterus nielseni (161079)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Germany Pygopterus humboldii (149471) Pygopterus humboldti (96856 130037 130038 130041 130275 130280 137316 140943 140944)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) Pygopterus mandibularis (90263 90264 90268 90269) Pygopterus mandibularis, Pygopterus latus (90266)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (Durham) Pygopterus humboldti (131707 140946)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Greenland Pygopterus nielseni (121972 121973 121974)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom Pygopterus humboldti (131704 140945)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Myriolepis sp. (120367) Pygopterus degeeri (120228 120231 120232 120366)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3France (Franche-Comté) Pygopterus concavus (149401 149403 149414 149415)