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Holoptychius latus

Dipnomorpha - Holoptychiidae

Taxonomy
Holoptychius latus was named by Cope (1897). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Factoryville, which is in a Devonian marine claystone in the Chemung Formation of Pennsylvania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Holoptychius latus Cope p. 74
1902Holoptychius latus 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
specieslatus

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 latus Cope 1897
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Devonian or 382.70000 to 358.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Devonian382.7 - 358.9USA (Pennsylvania) Holoptychus latus (type locality: 165525)