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Lepidosirenoidei
Taxonomy
Lepidosirenoidei is a suborder. It is extant.
It was assigned to Ceratodontiformes by Betancur et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Ceratodontiformes by Betancur et al. (2013).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2013 | Lepidosirenoidei Betancur et al. |
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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.
Subor. Lepidosirenoidei
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Fm. Lepidosirenidae Stirton 1953
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G. Lepidosiren Fitzinger 1837
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†Lepidosiren megalos Silva Santos 1987
Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger 1837 [South American lungfish]
G. Protopterus Agassiz 1843 [african lungfish]
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Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel 1851 [marbled lungfish]
Protopterus amphibius Peters 1844 [Gilled lungfish]
Protopterus annectens Stromer 1910
†Protopterus crassidens Churcher and De Iuliis 2001
Protopterus dolloi Boulenger 1900 [Slender lungfish]
†Protopterus libycus Stromer 1910
†Protopterus protopteroides Tabaste 1962
†Protopterus regulatus Schaal 1984
Invalid names: Protopteridae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 99.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma
Collections (103 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Cenomanian | Libya (Awbari) | Protopterus sp. (45725) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) | Protopterus sp. (163917) | |
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian | Niger (Tahoua) | Protopterus sp. (48867) | |
Campanian - Maastrichtian | Sudan (River Nile) | Protopterus sp. (178525) | |
Campanian - Maastrichtian | Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) | Protopterus sp. (150678) Protopterus sp., Protopterus protopteroides (38682) | |
Middle Campanian | Egypt (Al Wadi al Jadid) | Protopterus crassidens (97760 98106) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Bolivia (Cochabamba) | Lepidosiren paradoxa (12855) | |
Danian | Bolivia (Mizque) | Lepidosiren paradoxa (13501) | |
Thanetian - Ypresian | Peru (Puno) | Lepidosiren paradoxa (132938) Lepidosirenidae indet. (28230) | |
Ypresian | Algeria | Protopterus sp. (71984) | |
Ypresian | Mali (Gao) | Protopterus elongus (175262) | |
Ypresian | Argentina (Jujuy) | Lepidosiren paradoxa (176658) | |
Ypresian - Lutetian | Algeria (Bechar region) | Protopteridae indet. (77014) | |
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | Libya (Sirt) | Protopterus sp. (175361 175362 187327) | |
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene | Libya | Protopterus sp. (55449) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Peru (San Martín) | Lepidosirenidae indet. (225589) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Peru (San Martin) | Lepidosirenidae indet. (225588) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Peru | Lepidosirenidae indet. (199559 199563 225590) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Oman (Dhofar) | Protopterus sp. (175334) | |
Rupelian - Chattian | Peru | Lepidosirenidae indet. (199560 199562) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | Japan (Yamaguchi) | Protopteridae indet. (51438) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | Kenya | Protopterus sp. (174673) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Kenya | Protopterus sp. (70808) | |
Miocene - Pliocene | Uganda | Protopterus sp. (22440 22454) | |
Miocene - Pliocene | Tanzania | Protopterus sp. (22155) | |
Burdigalian | Kenya (Nyanza) | Protopterus sp. (92703) | |
Burdigalian | Colombia (La Guajira) | Lepidosirenidae sp. (166506) | |
Burdigalian | Kenya | Protopterus sp. (57007) | |
Langhian | Kenya | Protopterus sp. (22071) | |
Langhian | Colombia (Guajira) | Lepidosiren sp. (190376) | |
Middle Miocene | Colombia (Huila) | Lepidosiren sp. (186805 186806) | |
Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Lepidosiren paradoxa (186608 186624 186630 186639 186661 186662 186663 186664 186665 186666 186667 186668 186669 186671 186674 186675 186676 186677) Lepidosiren sp., Lepidosiren paradoxa (186683) | |
Laventan | Peru | Lepidosiren sp. (213137) | |
Tortonian | Brazil (Acre) | Lepidosiren sp. (67385) | |
Tortonian | Peru | Lepidosiren sp. (176162) | |
Tortonian - Messinian | Kenya | Protopterus sp. (22241) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Uganda | Protopterus sp. (22358 22443) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Uganda | Protopterus sp. (22345 22368) | |
Messinian - Zanclean | Kenya | Protopterus sp. (22242) | |
Messinian - Zanclean | Tanzania | Protopterus sp. (22143) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Tanzania | Protopterus sp. (22044 22144) | |
Zanclean | Kenya | Protopterus sp. (21510) | |
Pliocene | Tanzania | Protopterus sp. (22477) | |
Pliocene | Malawi | Protopterus sp. (22271) | |
Pliocene | Uganda | Protopterus sp. (22257 22265) | |
Zanclean - Piacenzian | Kenya | Protopterus sp. (22235 22239) | |
Zanclean - Calabrian | Kenya | Protopterus sp. (21531) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Egypt | Protopterus aethiopicus (22592) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian | Ethiopia | Protopterus sp. (21546) | |
Piacenzian | Kenya | Protopterus sp. (21538) | |
Gelasian | Kenya | Protopterus sp. (21446 21451 21497 32116) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Kenya | Protopterus sp. (21453 21456 21466 21499 21500 21513 21522) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Protopterus sp. (22098 22103) | |
Calabrian | Kenya | Protopterus sp. (21414 21524 21526 21534) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Protopterus aethiopicus (22065 22066) | |
Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Protopterus aethiopicus (22068) |