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Lepidosirenoidei

Dipnomorpha

Taxonomy
Lepidosirenoidei is a suborder. It is extant.

It was assigned to Ceratodontiformes by Betancur et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Lepidosirenoidei Betancur et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnomorpha(Ahlberg 1991)
superorderCeratodontae
orderCeratodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderLepidosirenoidei
suborderLepidosirenoidei

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.

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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 regulatus Schaal 1984
Invalid names: Protopteridae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:01:24
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:01:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
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

Collections (103 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Libya (Awbari) Protopterus sp. (45725)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Protopterus sp. (163917)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6Niger (Tahoua) Protopterus sp. (48867)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan (River Nile) Protopterus sp. (178525)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) Protopterus sp. (150678) Protopterus sp., Protopterus protopteroides (38682)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Egypt (Al Wadi al Jadid) Protopterus crassidens (97760 98106)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Bolivia (Cochabamba) Lepidosiren paradoxa (12855)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Bolivia (Mizque) Lepidosiren paradoxa (13501)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Peru (Puno) Lepidosiren paradoxa (132938) Lepidosirenidae indet. (28230)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Algeria Protopterus sp. (71984)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mali (Gao) Protopterus elongus (175262)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Argentina (Jujuy) Lepidosiren paradoxa (176658)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Algeria (Bechar region) Protopteridae indet. (77014)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.6 - 33.9Libya (Sirt) Protopterus sp. (175361 175362 187327)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.3 - 33.9Libya Protopterus sp. (55449)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Peru (San Martín) Lepidosirenidae indet. (225589)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Peru (San Martin) Lepidosirenidae indet. (225588)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Peru Lepidosirenidae indet. (199559 199563 225590)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) Protopterus sp. (175334)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Peru Lepidosirenidae indet. (199560 199562)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Japan (Yamaguchi) Protopteridae indet. (51438)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kenya Protopterus sp. (174673)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya Protopterus sp. (70808)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Protopterus sp. (22440 22454)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Tanzania Protopterus sp. (22155)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya (Nyanza) Protopterus sp. (92703)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) Lepidosirenidae sp. (166506)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Protopterus sp. (57007)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya Protopterus sp. (22071)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (Guajira) Lepidosiren sp. (190376)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Huila) Lepidosiren sp. (186805 186806)
Laventan13.8 - 11.8Colombia (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)
Laventan13.8 - 11.8Peru Lepidosiren sp. (213137)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Lepidosiren sp. (67385)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru Lepidosiren sp. (176162)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Protopterus sp. (22241)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Uganda Protopterus sp. (22358 22443)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Uganda Protopterus sp. (22345 22368)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Protopterus sp. (22242)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Tanzania Protopterus sp. (22143)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tanzania Protopterus sp. (22044 22144)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Protopterus sp. (21510)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania Protopterus sp. (22477)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi Protopterus sp. (22271)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Uganda Protopterus sp. (22257 22265)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Protopterus sp. (22235 22239)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.781Kenya Protopterus sp. (21531)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt Protopterus aethiopicus (22592)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Protopterus sp. (21546)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya Protopterus sp. (21538)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Protopterus sp. (21446 21451 21497 32116)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.781Kenya Protopterus sp. (21453 21456 21466 21499 21500 21513 21522)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Protopterus sp. (22098 22103)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Kenya Protopterus sp. (21414 21524 21526 21534)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Protopterus aethiopicus (22065 22066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Protopterus aethiopicus (22068)