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Porolepiformes
Taxonomy
Porolepiformes was named by Jarvik (1942).
It was reranked as the suborder Porolepiformes by Mondéjar‐Fernández et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Sarcopterygii by Young et al. (1992); to Rhipidistia by Dineley and Metcalf (1999) and Schultze (2000); to Sarcopterygii by Vorobyeva (2006); to Dipnomorpha by Long (2011); to Porolepimorpha by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Dipnomorpha by Mondéjar‐Fernández et al. (2020).
It was reranked as the suborder Porolepiformes by Mondéjar‐Fernández et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Sarcopterygii by Young et al. (1992); to Rhipidistia by Dineley and Metcalf (1999) and Schultze (2000); to Sarcopterygii by Vorobyeva (2006); to Dipnomorpha by Long (2011); to Porolepimorpha by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Dipnomorpha by Mondéjar‐Fernández et al. (2020).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1942 | Porolepiformes Jarvik |
| 1992 | Porolepiformes Young et al. |
| 1999 | Porolepiformes Dineley and Metcalf p. 11 |
| 2000 | Porolepiformes Schultze |
| 2006 | Porolepiformes Vorobyeva |
| 2011 | Porolepiformes Long p. 244 |
| 2016 | Porolepiformes Nelson et al. p. 106 |
| 2020 | Porolepiformes 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.
Subor. †Porolepiformes Jarvik 1942
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Fm. †Holoptychiidae Owen 1859
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G. †Glyptolepis Agassiz 1843
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†Glyptolepis baltica Gross 1936
†Glyptolepis elegans Agassiz 1844
†Glyptolepis groenlandica Jarvik 1972
†Glyptolepis leptopterus Agassiz 1844
†Glyptolepis microlepidotus Agassiz 1844
†Glyptolepis paucidens Agassiz 1844
G. †Holoptychius Agassiz 1843
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†Gyrolepis (Holoptychius) giganteus Agassiz 1843
†Holoptychius americanus Leidy 1843
†Holoptychius bergmanni Downs et al. 2013
†Holoptychius filosus Cope 1892
†Holoptychius flabellatus Cope 1892
†Holoptychius flemingi Agassiz 1844
†Holoptychius granulatus Newberry 1889
†Holoptychius hallii Newberry 1889
†Holoptychius hopkinsii M'Coy 1848
†Holoptychius ishora Jaekel 1929
†Holoptychius jarviki Cloutier and Schultze 1996
†Holoptychius latus Cope 1897
†Holoptychius nobilissimus Agassiz 1835
†Holoptychius pustulosus Newberry 1889
†Holoptychius quebecensis Whiteaves 1889
†Holoptychius radiatus Newberry 1889
†Holoptychius scheii Kiaer 1915
†Holoptychius serrulatus Cope 1897
†Holoptychius taylori Cloutier and Schultze 1996
†Holoptychius tuberculatus Newberry 1889
G. †Laccognathus Gross 1941
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†Laccognathus embryi Downs et al. 2011
†Laccognathus grossi Vorobyeva 2006
†Laccognathus panderi Gross 1941
Invalid names: Cyclodipterini [synonym]
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
Fm. †Ventalepididae Lebedev and Luksevics 2018
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Invalid names: Holoptychiiformes [synonym], Porolepidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Mississippian or 407.60000 to 323.20000 Ma
Collections (42 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Emsian | Germany (Alken) | Porolepis sp. (27049) | |
| Emsian | Belarus (Gormel) | Glyptolepis sp. (232957) | |
| Emsian | Canada (Northern Territories) | Nasogaluakus sp., Heimenia sp. (233061) | |
| Emsian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Nasogaluakus chorni (136240) | |
| Emsian - Eifelian | Australia (Queensland) | Holoptychiidae indet. (196702) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian | Latvia | Porolepis sp. (226510) | |
| Eifelian | Latvia | Glyptolepis spp. (225795 225796 225797) | |
| Eifelian | Estonia | Glyptolepis spp. (225792 225793 225794) Glyptolepis spp., Porolepis sp. (225791) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Belarus | Glyptolepis sp. (225886) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Estonia | Glyptolepis karksiensis, Hamodus lutkevitshi, Holoptychiidae indet. (225851) Glyptolepis spp. (225803) Glyptolepis spp., Holoptychiidae n. gen. 1 Ahlberg (225804) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Latvia | Glyptolepis spp. (225802 225850) | |
| Givetian | Antarctica | Porolepiformes indet. (207072) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | Iran | Holoptychiidae indet. (226048) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | Russian Federation | Glyptolepis sp., Laccognathus sp., Holoptychius sp. (90343) | |
| Middle Givetian | Belarus | Glyptolepis sp., Laccognathus sp. (225887) | |
| Frasnian | USA (Colorado) | Holoptychius sp., Holoptychius giganteus (207898) | |
| Frasnian | Canada (Quebec) | Holoptychiidae sp. indet., Quebecius quebecensis, Holoptychius jarviki (179176) | |
| Frasnian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Holoptychius americanus, Holoptychius filosus (164509) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | Colombia (Boyacá) | Holoptychiidae indet. (211928) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | Norway | Holoptychius nobilissimus, Holoptychius giganteus, Holoptychius americanus (154904) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Holoptychus latus (165525) | |
| Middle Frasnian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) | Glyptolepis sp., Holoptychius giganteus (226394) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Latvia | Glyptolepis baltica, Laccognathus panderi, Laccognathus grossi (225777) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Belarus | Glyptolepis sp., Holoptychius sp. (225888) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Estonia | Glyptolepis spp., Hamodus lutkevitshi, Laccognathus sp. (225778) | |
| Famennian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Holoptychius giganteus, Holoptychius americanus, Holoptychus serrulatus (164511) | |
| Famennian | United Kingdom (Somerset) | Holoptychius nobilissimus, Holoptychius giganteus (232123) | |
| Famennian | Belarus (Homel) | Porolepiformes indet. (232528) | |
| Middle Famennian | Russian Federation (Oryol Oblast) | Glyptolepis dellei (226045) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Russian Federation (Tulskaya Oblast) | Holoptychius sp. (176224) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Ireland | Glyptolepis elegans (32230) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Belgium (Namur) | Glyptolepis multistriatus, Glyptolepis radians, Holoptychius dewalquei (225613) Holoptychius flemingi (32276) | |
| Mississippian | United Kingdom | Holoptychius hopkinsii (132729) |