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Thoracopteroidea

Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes

Taxonomy
Thoracopteroidea was named by Griffith (1977). Its type is Thoracopterus.

It was assigned to Peltopleuriformes by Shen and Arratia (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Thoracopteroidea Griffith
2022Thoracopteroidea Shen and Arratia

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPeltopleuriformes
superfamilyThoracopteroidea
superfamilyThoracopteroidea

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.

Superfm. †Thoracopteroidea Griffith 1977
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Fm. †Thoracopteridae Griffith 1977
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G. †Gigantopterus Abel 1906
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†Gigantopterus telleri Abel 1906
G. †Italopterus Shen and Arratia 2022
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†Italopterus magnificus Tintori and Sassi 1987
†Italopterus martinisi Tintori and Sassi 1992
G. †Moradebrichthys Cartanyà et al. 2019
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†Moradebrichthys vilasecae Cartanyà et al. 2019
G. †Potanichthys Xu et al. 2012
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†Potanichthys wushaensis Tintori et al. 2012
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Invalid names: Potanichthys xingyiensis Xu et al. 2012 [synonym]
G. †Thoracopterus Bronn 1858
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Invalid names: Pterygopterus apus Kner 1867 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pterygopterus Kner 1867 [synonym]
Fm. †Wushaichthyidae Shen and Arratia 2022
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G. †Peripeltopleurus Bürgin 1992
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G. †Wushaichthys Xu et al. 2015
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†Wushaichthys exquisitus Xu et al. 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Alaunian or 247.20000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Switzerland Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis (122060 122067) Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis, Peripeltopleurus hypsisomus (122058)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy Peripeltopleurus besanensis (122061)
Illyrian - Fassanian247.2 - 235.0Switzerland Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis, Peripeltopleurus hypsisomus (122057)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Spain Peripeltopleurus sp. (148736 148739) Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis (148735 148737)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China (Guizhou) Potanichthys xingyiensis (135735) Potanichthys xingyiensis, Wushaichthys exquisitus (164947) Thoracopterus wushaensis (122723 153370 153371 153372) Wushaichthys exquisitus (98907)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Spain (Catalonia) Moradebrichthys vilasecae (222559 222560)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Pterygopterus apus (139875) Thoracopterus niederristi (122165 122360 122361)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Austria Thoracopterus niederristi, Gigantopterus telleri (118111)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Italy Thoracopterus martinisi (117192) Thoracopterus sp. (153108)