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Ptycholepididae

Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae

Taxonomy
Ptycholepididae was named by Brough (1939). Its type is Ptycholepis.

It was corrected as Ptycholepidae by Tintori et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Palaeoniscoidea by Gardiner (1960); to Actinopteri by Cartanyà (1999); to Ptycholepiformes by Nelson (2006) and Tintori et al. (2016); and to Ptycholepidiformes by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Ptycholepididae Brough
1960Ptycholepidae Gardiner p. 241
1999Ptycholepididae Cartanyà p. 540
2006Ptycholepididae Nelson p. 94
2016Ptycholepididae Nelson et al. p. 115
2016Ptycholepidae Tintori et al. p. 187

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderPtycholepiformes
familyPtycholepididaeBrough 1939
familyPtycholepididaeBrough 1939

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. †Ptycholepididae Brough 1939
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G. †Acrorhabdus Stensiö 1921
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Acrorhabdus asplundi Stensiö 1921
Acrorhabdus bertili Stensiö 1921
Acrorhabdus latistriatus Stensiö 1921
G. †Ardoreosomus Romano et al. 2019
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Ardoreosomus occidentalis Romano et al. 2019
G. †Boreosomus Stensiö 1921
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Boreosomus arcticus Woodward 1912
Boreosomus gillioti Priem 1924
Boreosomus merlei Beltan 1957
Boreosomus piveteaui Nielsen 1942
Boreosomus reuterskioldi Stensiö 1921
Boreosomus scaber Stensiö 1921
G. †Ptycholepis Agassiz 1832
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Ptycholepis avus Kner 1866
Ptycholepis barboi Bassani 1886
Ptycholepis barrati Sauvage 1875
Ptycholepis bollensis Agassiz 1832
Ptycholepis curtus Egerton 1854
Ptycholepis gracilis Davis 1884
Ptycholepis magnus Bürgin 1992
Ptycholepis marshii Newberry 1878
Ptycholepis minor Egerton 1852
Ptycholepis monilifer Woodward 1895
Ptycholepis priscus Bürgin 1992
Ptycholepis schaefferi Bürgin 1992
Ptycholepis viai Beltan 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available