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Globulodus

Palaeoniscimorpha - Mesolepidae

Taxonomy
Globulodus was named by Münster (1842).

It was synonymized subjectively with Platysomus by Traquair (1879).

It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Woodward (1891); to Amphicentridae by Gardiner (1969); and to Mesolepidae by Schultze et al. (2021).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Globulodus Münster p. 47
1891Globulodus Woodward p. 534
1969Globulodus Gardiner
2021Globulodus Schultze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeoniscimorphaLund et al. 1995
familyMesolepidae
genusGlobulodus

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. †Globulodus Münster 1842
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Globulodus elegans Münster 1842
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available