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Holoptychius filosus

Dipnomorpha - Holoptychiidae

Taxonomy
Holoptychius filosus was named by Cope (1892). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Leroy (locality 1), which is in a Frasnian marine horizon in the Chemung Formation of Pennsylvania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Holoptychius filosus Cope p. 228
1902Holoptychius filosus Hay p. 358

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnomorpha(Ahlberg 1991)
suborderPorolepiformes(Jarvik 1942)
familyHoloptychiidae
genusHoloptychius
speciesfilosus

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.

†Holoptychius filosus Cope 1892
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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: Frasnian or 382.70000 to 372.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Pennsylvania) Holoptychius filosus (type locality: 164509)