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Cheirolepididae
Taxonomy
Cheirolepididae was named by Pander (1860). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Arratia and Cloutier (2004); and to Cheirolepidiformes by Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Arratia and Cloutier (2004); and to Cheirolepidiformes by Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1860 | Cheirolepididae Pander |
| 2004 | Cheirolepididae Arratia and Cloutier |
| 2016 | Cheirolepididae Nelson et al. p. 113 |
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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.
Fm. †Cheirolepididae Pander 1860
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G. †Cheirolepis Agassiz 1835
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†Cheirolepis aleshkai Plax et al. 2020
†Cheirolepis bychovensis Plax 2022
†Cheirolepis canadensis Whiteaves 1881
†Cheirolepis gaugeri Gross 1973
†Cheirolepis gracilis Gross 1973
†Cheirolepis jonesi Newman et al. 2021
†Cheirolepis macrocephalus M'Coy 1848
†Cheirolepis schultzei Arratia and Cloutier 2004
†Cheirolepis uragus Agassiz 1835
Invalid names: Cheirolepis sinualis Mark-Kurik 2000 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Frasnian or 402.50000 to 372.20000 Ma
Collections (36 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Emsian | Belarus (Vitebsk) | Cheirolepis bychovensis (232875 232876 232877) | |
| Emsian | Belarus (Gormel) | Cheirolepis bychovensis (232955 232956) Cheirolepis gracilis, Cheirolepis bychovensis (232957) | |
| Emsian | Belarus (Mogilev) | Cheirolepis bychovensis (232954) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian | Latvia | Cheirolepis sp. (226510) | |
| Eifelian | Belarus | Cheirolepis gracilis (225881) Cheirolepis sinualis (225853) | |
| Eifelian | Latvia | Cheirolepis spp. (225796 225797) | |
| Eifelian | Estonia | Cheirolepis gracilis (225791 225794) Cheirolepis spp. (225792 225793) | |
| Eifelian | Belarus (Vitebsk) | Cheirolepis aleshkai (232874) Cheirolepis bychovensis (232958) | |
| Eifelian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Cheirolepis trailli (226058 226059 226060 226061 226062 226494) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Estonia | Cheirolepis sp. (225851) Cheirolepis spp. (225803 225804) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Belarus | Cheirolepis sp. 1 Kar.-Tal. (225886) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Latvia | Cheirolepis spp. (225850) | |
| Givetian | USA (Nevada) | Cheirolepis schultzei (209781) | |
| Givetian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Spitsbergen) | Cheirolepis jonesi (225592) | |
| Middle Givetian | Belarus | Cheirolepis gaugeri (225887) | |
| Frasnian | Canada (Quebec) | Cheirolepis canadensis (179176) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Belarus | Cheirolepis sp. 2 Kar.-Tal. (225888) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Estonia | Cheirolepis gaugeri (225778) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Latvia | Cheirolepis sp. (225777) |