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Bothriolepididae

Placodermi - Antiarchiformes - Bothriolepididae

Taxonomy
Bothriolepididae was named by Cope (1886). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Antiarcha by Denison (1975); to Bothriolepidoidei by Lukševičs (2001); and to Euantiarcha by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Bothriolepididae Cope
1975Bothriolepididae Denison p. 23
2001Bothriolepididae Lukševičs
2016Bothriolepididae Nelson et al. p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Placodermiomorphi
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
orderAntiarchiformes
suborderYunnanolepidoidei
infraorderEuantiarcha(Janvier and Pan 1982)
familyBothriolepididaeCope 1886
familyBothriolepididaeCope 1886

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. †Bothriolepididae Cope 1886
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G. †Bothriolepis Eichwald 1840
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Bothriolepis alvesiensis Stensio 1948
Bothriolepis antarctica Woodward 1921
Bothriolepis canadensis Whiteaves 1880
Bothriolepis cellulosa Pander 1846
Bothriolepis ciecere Lyarskaia 1974
Bothriolepis cristata Traquair 1895
Bothriolepis curonica Gross 1942
Bothriolepis dorakarasugensis Moloshnikov 2009
Bothriolepis extensa Sergienko 1961
Bothriolepis favosa Agassiz 1844
Bothriolepis gigantea Traquair 1844
Bothriolepis hayi Miles 1968
Bothriolepis hicklingi Miles 1968
Bothriolepis hydrophila Agassiz 1844
Bothriolepis jarviki Stensio 1948
Bothriolepis leptocheira Traquair 1893
Bothriolepis lohesti Leriche 1931
Bothriolepis macrocephala Egerton 1862
Bothriolepis maeandrina Hoffman 1911
Bothriolepis major Agassiz 1844
Bothriolepis maxima Gross 1933
Bothriolepis nielseni Stensio 1948
Bothriolepis nitida Leidy 1856
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Invalid names: Bothriolepis coloradensis Eastman 1904 [synonym], Bothriolepis darbiensis Denison 1951 [synonym], Bothriolepis minor Newberry 1889 [synonym]
Bothriolepis obesa Traquair 1888
Bothriolepis ornata Eichwald 1840
Bothriolepis panderi Lahusen 1880
Bothriolepis paradoxa Agassiz 1845
Bothriolepis pavariensis Lyarskaia 1974
Bothriolepis prima Gross 1942
Bothriolepis siberica Obruchev 1941
Bothriolepis sibirica Obruchev 1941
Bothriolepis taylori Miles 1968
Bothriolepis traquairi Bryant 1924
Bothriolepis tungseni Chang 1965
Bothriolepis turanica Obruchev 1939
Bothriolepis virginiensis Weems et al. 1981
Bothriolepis wilsoni Miles 1968
Invalid names: Stenacanthus Leidy 1856 [synonym]
G. †Grossilepis Stensiö 1948
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Grossilepis brandi Miles 1968
Grossilepis spinosa Gross 1942
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available