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Porolepis
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 was assigned to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Porolepiformes by Jeffery (2002) and Mondéjar‐Fernández et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Porolepiformes by Jeffery (2002) and Mondéjar‐Fernández et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1891 | Porolepis Woodward |
| 2002 | Porolepis Jeffery p. 272 |
| 2002 | Porolepis Sepkoski |
| 2020 | Porolepis Mondéjar‐Fernández et al. |
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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 posnaniensis Kade 1858
†Porolepis siegenensis Gross 1935
†Porolepis spitbergensis Jarvik 1942
†Porolepis uralensis Obrutchev 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 409.10000 to 387.70000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pragian - Eifelian | Australia (New South Wales) | P. foxi (235896) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Germany (Alken) | P. sp. (27049) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian | Latvia | P. sp. (226510) | |
| Eifelian | Estonia | P. sp. (225791) |