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Holoptychius

Osteichthyes - Porolepidiformes - Holoptychiidae

Taxonomy
Holoptychius was named by Agassiz (1843) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give-u D Fame-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,502].

It was reranked as Gyrolepis (Holoptychius) by Agassiz (1843); it was corrected as Holoptychus by Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Gyrolepis by Agassiz (1843); to Glyptodipterini by Huxley (1861); to Holoptychidae by Jordan (1907); to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Holoptychiidae by Owen (1859), Woodward (1891), Hay (1902), Vorobyeva (2006), Mondéjar‐Fernández et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Gyrolepis (Holoptychius) Agassiz
1843Holoptychius Agassiz p. 176
1859Holoptychius Owen p. 123
1861Holoptychius Huxley p. 11
1891Holoptychius Woodward p. 322
1902Holoptychius Hay p. 358
1907Holoptychius Jordan p. 120
2002Holoptychus Sepkoski
2006Holoptychius Vorobyeva p. 312
2020Holoptychius Mondéjar‐Fernández et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassDipnomorpha(Ahlberg 1991)
superorderPorolepidimorpha
orderPorolepidiformes(Jarvik 1942)
familyHoloptychiidae
genusHoloptychius

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. †Holoptychius Agassiz 1843
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†Holoptychius bergmanni Downs et al. 2013
†Holoptychius filosus Cope 1892
†Holoptychius flemingi Agassiz 1844
†Holoptychius granulatus Newberry 1889
†Holoptychius hallii Newberry 1889
†Holoptychius hopkinsii M'Coy 1848
†Holoptychius ishora Jaekel 1929
†Holoptychius jarviki Cloutier and Schultze 1996
†Holoptychius latus Cope 1897
†Holoptychius nobilissimus Agassiz 1835
†Holoptychius pustulosus Newberry 1889
†Holoptychius quebecensis Whiteaves 1889
†Holoptychius scheii Kiaer 1915
†Holoptychius taylori Cloutier and Schultze 1996
†Holoptychius tuberculatus Newberry 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Mississippian or 393.47000 to 323.40000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom (Scotland) H. sp. (226060)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Greenland H. sp. (278929)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Belarus H. sp. (225888)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Canada (Nunavut) H. bergmanni (238424)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation (Leningrad Oblast) H. nobilissimus (279095)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation H. sp. (90343)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Pennsylvania) H. americanus, H. filosus (164509)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (New York) H. americanus (239111)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Arizona) H. sp. (238077)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15United Kingdom H. nobilissimus, H. giganteus (239215)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Colorado) H. giganteus (238488 238489) H. sp., H. giganteus (207898)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Quebec) H. jarviki (179176)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation H. sp. (239134)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86USA (Pennsylvania) Holoptychus latus (165525)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86United Kingdom H. sp. (239213)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86Norway H. nobilissimus, H. giganteus, H. americanus (154904)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) H. giganteus (226394)
Middle Frasnian - Late/Upper Frasnian379.0 - 372.15United Kingdom H. giganteus (239413)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15United Kingdom (Scotland) H. nobilissimus, H. giganteus (176215)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Latvia H. nobilissimus (176220 238206 238744)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Australia (New South Wales) H. sp. (238074)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86United Kingdom H. flemingi (238708) H. nobilissimus (238860 239214) H. sp. (238865 238866)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Pennsylvania) H. giganteus, H. americanus, Holoptychus serrulatus (164511)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86United Kingdom (Somerset) H. nobilissimus, H. giganteus (232123)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Russian Federation H. nobilissimus (238703)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Belgium (Namur) H. dewalquei (225613) H. flemingi (32276)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Russian Federation (Tulskaya Oblast) H. sp. (176224)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Belgium (Liege) H. sp. (208029)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4United Kingdom H. hopkinsii (132729)