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Litoptychius

Osteolepiformes

Taxonomy
Litoptychius is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Osteolepiformes by Borgen and Nakrem (2016).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Litoptychius Sepkoski
2016Litoptychius Borgen and Nakrem

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderOsteolepiformesBerg 1937
genusLitoptychius

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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Litoptychius bryanti Denison 1951
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available