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Protohaplolepis

Haplolepidae

Taxonomy
Protohaplolepis was named by Lowney (1983). It is not extant. Its type is Eurylepis scoticus.

It was assigned to Haplolepidae by Lowney (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Protohaplolepis Lowney

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
familyHaplolepidaeWestoll 1944
genusProtohaplolepis

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. †Protohaplolepis Lowney 1983
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†Protohaplolepis isabellae Elliott 2014
†Protohaplolepis limnades Elliott 2014
†Protohaplolepis scotica Traquair 1903
†Protohaplolepis traquairi Elliott 2014
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Pendleian to the top of the Westphalian A or 330.90000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0United Kingdom (Scotland) P. scotica (174421)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Scotland) P. isabellae, P. limnades, P. traquairi (227256) P. traquairi (227258)