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Porolepis

Osteichthyes - Porolepidiformes - Porolepididae

Taxonomy
Porolepis was named by Woodward (1891) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg-u D Give Sepkoski's reference number: 502,1066]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Porolepidae.

It was assigned to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Porolepididae by van der Laan (2019); and to Porolepiformes by Jeffery (2002), Mondéjar‐Fernández et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Porolepis Woodward
2002Porolepis Jeffery p. 272
2002Porolepis Sepkoski
2019Porolepis van der Laan p. 88
2020Porolepis Mondéjar‐Fernández et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassDipnomorpha(Ahlberg 1991)
superorderPorolepidimorpha
orderPorolepidiformes(Jarvik 1942)
familyPorolepididae(Berg 1940)
genusPorolepisWoodward 1891

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.

G. †Porolepis Woodward 1891
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Porolepis brevis Jarvik 1942
Porolepis elongata Jarvik 1942
Porolepis foxi Johanson et al. 2013
Porolepis hefteri Gross 1935
Porolepis kureikensis Vorobyeva 1963
Porolepis siegenensis Gross 1935
Porolepis spitbergensis Jarvik 1942
Porolepis uralensis Obrutchev 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available