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Dipterus valenciennesi

Dipnoi - Dipteridae

Taxonomy
Dipterus valenciennesi was named by Sedgwick and Murchison (1828). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Catopterus analis by Agassiz (1833); it was synonymized subjectively with Dipterus macrolepidotus by Agassiz (1835).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Dipterus valenciennesi Sedgwick and Murchison
1891Dipterus valenciennesi Woodward p. 236 figs. 37-8
1902Dipterus valenciennesi Hay p. 351
1977Dipterus valenciennesi Miles

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
orderDipteriformes
familyDipteridaeOwen 1846
genusDipterusSedgwick and Murchison 1828
speciesvalenciennesiSedgwick and Murchison 1828

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.

†Dipterus valenciennesi Sedgwick and Murchison 1828
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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: or 382.40000 to 380.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian380.2 - 382.4Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Dipterus valenciennesi (197071)