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Cheirolepis
Taxonomy
Cheirolepis was named by Agassiz (1835).
It was assigned to Acanthodidae by M'Coy (1855); to Acanthodii by Owen (1859); to Palaeoniscidae by Woodward (1891) and Hay (1902); and to Cheirolepididae by Arratia and Cloutier (2004).
It was assigned to Acanthodidae by M'Coy (1855); to Acanthodii by Owen (1859); to Palaeoniscidae by Woodward (1891) and Hay (1902); and to Cheirolepididae by Arratia and Cloutier (2004).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
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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. †Cheirolepis Agassiz 1835
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†Cheirolepis aleshkai Plax et al. 2020
†Cheirolepis bychovensis Plax 2022
†Cheirolepis canadensis Whiteaves 1881
†Cheirolepis gaugeri Gross 1973
†Cheirolepis gracilis Gross 1973
†Cheirolepis jonesi Newman et al. 2021
†Cheirolepis macrocephalus M'Coy 1848
†Cheirolepis schultzei Arratia and Cloutier 2004
†Cheirolepis uragus Agassiz 1835
Invalid names: Cheirolepis sinualis Mark-Kurik 2000 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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 |
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Emsian | Belarus (Vitebsk) | C. bychovensis (232875 232876 232877) | |
Emsian | Belarus (Gormel) | C. bychovensis (232955 232956) C. gracilis, C. bychovensis (232957) | |
Emsian | Belarus (Mogilev) | C. bychovensis (232954) | |
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian | Latvia | C. sp. (226510) | |
Eifelian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | C. trailli (226058 226059 226060 226061 226062 226494) | |
Eifelian | Belarus | C. gracilis (225881) C. sinualis (225853) | |
Eifelian | Estonia | C. gracilis (225791 225794) C. spp. (225792 225793) | |
Eifelian | Belarus (Vitebsk) | C. aleshkai (232874) C. bychovensis (232958) | |
Eifelian | Latvia | C. spp. (225796 225797) | |
Early/Lower Givetian | Latvia | C. spp. (225850) | |
Early/Lower Givetian | Belarus | C. sp. 1 Kar.-Tal. (225886) | |
Early/Lower Givetian | Estonia | C. sp. (225851) C. spp. (225803 225804) | |
Late/Upper Givetian | Latvia | C. sp. (225777) | |
Late/Upper Givetian | Belarus | C. sp. 2 Kar.-Tal. (225888) | |
Late/Upper Givetian | Estonia | C. gaugeri (225778) | |
Middle Givetian | Belarus | C. gaugeri (225887) | |
Givetian | USA (Nevada) | C. schultzei (209781) | |
Givetian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Spitsbergen) | C. jonesi (225592) | |
Frasnian | Canada (Quebec) | C. canadensis (179176) |