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Osteophorus

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Eryopidae

Taxonomy
Osteophorus was named by Meyer (1856). Its type is Osteophorus roemeri.

It was assigned to Actinodontidae by Watson (1919); to Eryopidae by Meyer (1856), Carroll (1988); and to Eryopinae by Schoch and Milner (2014).

Species
O. roemeri (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Osteophorus Meyer
1919Osteophorus Watson p. 64
1988Osteophorus Carroll
2014Osteophorus Schoch and Milner p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
familyEryopidaeCope 1882
subfamilyEryopinae
genusOsteophorus

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. †Osteophorus Meyer 1856
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†Osteophorus roemeri Meyer 1856
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available