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Dipteridae
Taxonomy
Dipteridae was named by Owen (1846). Its type is Orlovichthys.
It was assigned to Lepidoganoidei by Owen (1859); to Ctenodipterini by Hay (1902), Jordan (1963); to Dipnoi by Miles (1977); to Dipnoi by Bryant (1932), Schultze (1982); to Speonesydrionina by Campbell and Barwick (1990), Long (1992); to Dipteroidei by Vorobyeva and Obruchev (1964), Schultze (1993), Schultze (2004); and to Dipteriformes by Nelson et al. (2016), van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Lepidoganoidei by Owen (1859); to Ctenodipterini by Hay (1902), Jordan (1963); to Dipnoi by Miles (1977); to Dipnoi by Bryant (1932), Schultze (1982); to Speonesydrionina by Campbell and Barwick (1990), Long (1992); to Dipteroidei by Vorobyeva and Obruchev (1964), Schultze (1993), Schultze (2004); and to Dipteriformes by Nelson et al. (2016), van der Laan (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Dipteridae Owen |
| 1859 | Dipteridae Owen p. 123 |
| 1880 | Ctenododipteridae Guenther p. 359 |
| 1902 | Dipteridae Hay p. 351 |
| 1932 | Dipteridae Bryant p. 232 |
| 1963 | Dipteridae Jordan p. 610 |
| 1964 | Dipteridae Vorobyeva and Obruchev p. 467 |
| 1977 | Dipteridae Miles |
| 1982 | Dipteridae Schultze |
| 1990 | Dipteridae Campbell and Barwick |
| 1990 | Rhinodipteridae Campbell and Barwick |
| 1992 | Dipteridae Long |
| 1993 | Dipteridae Schultze |
| 2004 | Orlovichthyinae Krupina p. 395 |
| 2004 | Dipteridae Schultze p. 474 |
| 2012 | Rhinodipteridae Clement |
| 2016 | Dipteridae Nelson et al. p. 108 |
| 2019 | Dipteridae van der Laan p. 89 |
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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. †Dipteridae Owen 1846
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G. †Dipterus Sedgwick and Murchison 1828
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†Dipterus arcanus Krupina 2000
†Dipterus calvini Eastman 1900
†Dipterus contraversus Hay 1899
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Invalid names: Dipterus (Ctenodus) radiatus Newberry 1889 [replaced]
†Dipterus costatus Eastman 1900
†Dipterus expressus Krupina 2000
†Dipterus flabelliformis Newberry 1889
†Dipterus fleisheri Williams 1882
†Dipterus johnsoni Bryant and Johnson 1936
†Dipterus macropterus Traquair 1889
†Dipterus minutus Newberry 1889
†Dipterus mordax Eastman 1900
†Dipterus nelsoni Newberry 1889
†Dipterus oervigi Gross 1964
†Dipterus pacatus Krupina 2000
†Dipterus serratus Eichwald 1844
†Dipterus sherwoodi Newberry 1875
†Dipterus uddeni Eastman 1900
†Dipterus valenciennesi Sedgwick and Murchison 1828
Invalid names: Catopterus Agassiz 1833 [synonym]
G. †Grossipterus Obruchev 1964
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†Grossipterus crassus Gross 1933
†Grossipterus venustus Krupina 2000
G. †Rhinodipterus Gross 1956
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†Rhinodipterus kimberleyensis Clement 2012
†Rhinodipterus secans Gross 1956
†Rhinodipterus stolbovi Krupina 1995
†Rhinodipterus ulrichi Ørvig 1961
Invalid names: Ctenododipteridae Guenther 1880 [synonym], Orlovichthyinae Krupina 2004 [invalid subgroup], Rhinodipteridae Campbell and Barwick 1990 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 393.47000 to 358.86000 Ma
Collections (44 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Eifelian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Dipterus valenciennesi (226058 226060 226061) | |
| Eifelian | Estonia | Dipterus serratus (225793) | |
| Eifelian | United Kingdom | Dipterus valenciennesi (238085 238086 238087 238520) | |
| Eifelian | Latvia | Dipterus serratus (225796 225797) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Estonia | Dipterus spp. (225803) Dipterus spp., Rhinodipterus sp. (225804) | |
| Givetian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Dipterus sp. (238522) | |
| Givetian | United Kingdom | Dipterus sp. (238516 238517 238521) Dipterus valenciennesi (238518) | |
| Middle Givetian | United Kingdom | Dipterus valenciennesi (238519) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Belarus | Dipteridae indet. (225888) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Dipterus sp. (238523) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Australia (Victoria) | Howidipterus donnae (196708 196710) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Latvia | Grossipterus crassus, Rhinodipterus secans (225777) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Dipterus sp. (226077 226078) Dipterus sp., Dipterus valenciennesi, Rhinodipterus ulrichi (197071) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | Russian Federation | Dipteridae indet. (90343) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | United Kingdom | Dipterus sp. (238524) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | Iran | Dipterus sp., Rhinodipterus sp. (226048) | |
| Frasnian | Russian Federation | Rhinodipterus secans (239134) | |
| Frasnian | Australia (Western Australia) | Rhinodipterus kimberleyensis (203259) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | USA (Colorado) | Dipterus johnsoni (201604 201606) | |
| Middle Frasnian | Russian Federation (Saint Petersburg) | Rhinodipterus stolbovi (196703) | |
| Middle Frasnian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) | Dipterus murchisoni (226394) | |
| Famennian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Andreyevichthys sp. (68049) | |
| Famennian | USA (New York) | Dipterus nelsoni (54272) | |
| Famennian | Belarus (Homel) | Dipteridae indet. (232528) | |
| Famennian | Latvia | Orlovichthys limnatis (238206) | |
| Middle Famennian | Russian Federation | Orlovichthys limnatis, Dipterus arcanus, Dipterus expressus, Dipterus pacatus, Grossipterus venustus (238703) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Russian Federation (Lipetsk) | Andreyevichthys sp. (225665) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Russian Federation (Tula) | Andreyevichthys epitomus (225666) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Belgium (Namur) | Dipterus nelsoni (32276) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Russian Federation (Tulskaya Oblast) | Andreyevichthys epitomus (176224) |