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Lepidosirenidae
Taxonomy
Lepidosirenidae was named by Stirton (1953) [numerous teeth]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Lepidosireniformes by Savage (1951) and Stirton (1953); to Sirenoidei by Jordan (1963); to Dipnoi by Miles (1977); to Dipnoi by Bondesio and Pascual (1977); to Dipnoi by Daly (1973) and Martin (1982); to Ceratodontoidei by Schultze (1993) and Schultze (2004); to Ceratodontoidea by Apesteguia et al. (2007); to Lepidosirenoidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Ceratodontiformes by Churcher and De Iuliis (2001) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Lepidosireniformes by Savage (1951) and Stirton (1953); to Sirenoidei by Jordan (1963); to Dipnoi by Miles (1977); to Dipnoi by Bondesio and Pascual (1977); to Dipnoi by Daly (1973) and Martin (1982); to Ceratodontoidei by Schultze (1993) and Schultze (2004); to Ceratodontoidea by Apesteguia et al. (2007); to Lepidosirenoidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Ceratodontiformes by Churcher and De Iuliis (2001) and Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1951 | Lepidosirenidae Savage |
| 1953 | Lepidosirenidae Stirton |
| 1963 | Lepidosirenidae Jordan p. 611 |
| 1973 | Lepidosirenidae Daly p. 568 |
| 1977 | Lepidosirenidae Bondesio and Pascual p. 39 |
| 1977 | Lepidosirenidae Miles |
| 1982 | Lepidosirenidae Martin p. 614 |
| 1993 | Lepidosirenidae Schultze |
| 2001 | Lepidosirenidae Churcher and De Iuliis p. 316 |
| 2004 | Lepidosirenidae Schultze p. 474 |
| 2007 | Lepidosirenidae Apesteguia et al. |
| 2013 | Lepidosirenidae Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Lepidosirenidae Nelson et al. p. 109 |
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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. Lepidosirenidae Stirton 1953
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G. Lepidosiren Fitzinger 1837
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†Lepidosiren megalos Silva Santos 1987
Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger 1837 [South American lungfish]
G. Protopterus Agassiz 1843 [african lungfish]
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Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel 1851 [marbled lungfish]
Protopterus amphibius Peters 1844 [Gilled lungfish]
Protopterus annectens Stromer 1910
†Protopterus crassidens Churcher and De Iuliis 2001
Protopterus dolloi Boulenger 1900 [Slender lungfish]
†Protopterus libycus Stromer 1910
†Protopterus protopteroides Tabaste 1962
†Protopterus regulatus Schaal 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available