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Cheirolepis

Cheirolepidiformes - Cheirolepididae

Synonyms
  • Cheirolepis sinualis was named by Mark-Kurik (2000). It is not extant.

    It was considered a nomen nudum by Mark-Kurik (2000).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Cheirolepis Agassiz p. 128
1855Cheirolepis M'Coy p. 579
1859Cheirolepis Owen p. 123
1891Cheirolepis Woodward p. 451
1902Cheirolepis Hay p. 366
2000Cheirolepis sinualis Mark-Kurik
2004Cheirolepis Arratia and Cloutier

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
Actinopterygii()
orderCheirolepidiformes
familyCheirolepididaePander 1860
genusCheirolepis

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. †Cheirolepis Agassiz 1835
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Cheirolepis aleshkai Plax et al. 2020
Cheirolepis canadensis Whiteaves 1881
Cheirolepis gaugeri Gross 1973
Cheirolepis gracilis Gross 1973
Cheirolepis jonesi Newman et al. 2021
Cheirolepis schultzei Arratia and Cloutier 2004
Cheirolepis trailli Agassiz 1835
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Invalid names: Cheirolepis curtus M'Coy 1848 [synonym]
Cheirolepis uragus Agassiz 1835
Invalid names: Cheirolepis sinualis Mark-Kurik 2000 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Frasnian or 402.50000 to 372.20000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Belarus (Vitebsk) C. bychovensis (232875 232876 232877)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Belarus (Gormel) C. bychovensis (232955 232956) C. gracilis, C. bychovensis (232957)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Belarus (Mogilev) C. bychovensis (232954)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian402.5 - 387.7Latvia C. sp. (226510)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7United Kingdom (Scotland) C. trailli (226058 226059 226060 226061 226062 226494)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Belarus C. gracilis (225881) C. sinualis (225853)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Estonia C. gracilis (225791 225794) C. spp. (225792 225793)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Belarus (Vitebsk) C. aleshkai (232874) C. bychovensis (232958)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Latvia C. spp. (225796 225797)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Latvia C. spp. (225850)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Belarus C. sp. 1 Kar.-Tal. (225886)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Estonia C. sp. (225851) C. spp. (225803 225804)
Late/Upper Givetian388.1 - 383.7Latvia C. sp. (225777)
Late/Upper Givetian388.1 - 383.7Belarus C. sp. 2 Kar.-Tal. (225888)
Late/Upper Givetian388.1 - 383.7Estonia C. gaugeri (225778)
Middle Givetian388.1 - 383.7Belarus C. gaugeri (225887)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Nevada) C. schultzei (209781)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Spitsbergen) C. jonesi (225592)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (Quebec) C. canadensis (179176)