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Holoptychiidae

Osteichthyes - Porolepidiformes - Holoptychiidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Dendrodus Owen
1859Holoptychiidae Owen p. 123
1887Holoptychiidae Cope p. 1018
1889Dendrodus Traquair p. 490
1891Holoptychiidae Woodward p. 321
1902Holoptychiidae Hay p. 358
1902Dendrodus Hay p. 359
1963Holoptychidae Jordan p. 608
2000Holoptychiidae Schultze
2007Holoptychiidae Moloshnikov p. 312
2008Dendrodus Turner and Miller p. 134
2016Holoptychidae Nelson et al. p. 107
2019Holoptychiidae van der Laan p. 88
2020Holoptychiidae 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
familyHoloptychiidae

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. †Holoptychiidae Owen 1859
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G. †Apedodus Leidy 1856
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Apedodus priscus Leidy 1856
G. †Duffichthys Ahlberg 1992
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Duffichthys mirabilis Ahlberg 1992
G. †Glyptolepis Agassiz 1843
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Glyptolepis baltica Gross 1936
Glyptolepis elegans Agassiz 1844
Glyptolepis groenlandica Jarvik 1973
Glyptolepis leptopterus Agassiz 1844
Glyptolepis paucidens Agassiz 1844
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
G. †Laccognathus Gross 1941
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Laccognathus embryi Downs et al. 2011
Laccognathus grossi Vorobyeva 2006
Laccognathus panderi Gross 1941
G. †Nasogaluakus Schultze 2000
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Nasogaluakus chorni Schultze 2000
G. †Quebecius Schultze and Arsenault 1987
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Quebecius quebecensis Whiteaves 1889
Invalid names: Cyclodipterini [synonym], Dendrodus Owen 1841 [nomen dubium]
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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Mississippian or 410.62000 to 323.40000 Ma

Collections (77 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Northern Territories) Nasogaluakus sp. (233061)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Belarus (Gormel) Glyptolepis sp. (232957)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Northwest Territories) Nasogaluakus chorni (136240)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Australia (Queensland) Holoptychiidae indet. (196702)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Latvia Glyptolepis spp. (225795 225796 225797)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Estonia Glyptolepis spp. (225791 225792 225793 225794)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom (Scotland) Glyptolepis leptopterus (226059 226061) Glyptolepis paucidens, Glyptolepis leptopterus (226058) Glyptolepis paucides, Holoptychius sp. (226060)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom Glyptolepis leptopterus (238085)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Greenland Glyptolepis groenlandica (238275)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Latvia Glyptolepis spp. (225802 225850)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Estonia Glyptolepis karksiensis, Holoptychiidae indet. (225851) Glyptolepis spp. (225803) Glyptolepis spp., H. 1 Ahlberg (225804)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Belarus Glyptolepis sp. (225886)
Early/Lower Givetian - Middle Givetian387.95 - 383.4Australia (New South Wales) Holoptychiidae indet. (238202)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31United Kingdom Glyptolepis paucidens (238521)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Belarus (Brest) Glyptolepis sp. (242243 242244)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Belarus (Gormel) Glyptolepis sp. (242242)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Russian Federation Glyptolepis sp., Laccognathus sp. (239155)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4Belarus Glyptolepis sp., Laccognathus sp. (225887)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4United Kingdom Glyptolepis sp. (238519)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Latvia Glyptolepis baltica, Laccognathus panderi, Laccognathus grossi (225777)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Belarus Glyptolepis sp., Holoptychius sp. (225888)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Estonia Glyptolepis spp., Laccognathus sp. (225778)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Australia (Victoria) Glyptolepis sp. (239421)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Iran Holoptychiidae indet. (226048)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation Glyptolepis sp., Laccognathus sp., Holoptychius sp. (90343)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Canada (Nunavut) Laccognathus embryi, Holoptychius bergmanni (238424)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15United Kingdom Holoptychius nobilissimus, Holoptychius giganteus (239215)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (New York) Holoptychius americanus (239111)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Pennsylvania) Holoptychius americanus, Holoptychius filosus (164509)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Colorado) Holoptychiidae indet. (238486 238491) Holoptychiidae indet., Holoptychius giganteus (238488) Holoptychius giganteus (238489) Holoptychius sp., Holoptychius giganteus (207898)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Arizona) Holoptychius sp. (238077)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Quebec) H. sp. indet., Quebecius quebecensis, Holoptychius jarviki (179176)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation Glyptolepis sp., Holoptychius sp. (239134)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86Colombia (Boyacá) Holoptychiidae indet. (211928)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86Norway Holoptychius nobilissimus, Holoptychius giganteus, Holoptychius americanus (154904)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86United Kingdom Holoptychius sp. (239213)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86USA (Pennsylvania) Holoptychus latus (165525)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) Glyptolepis sp., Holoptychius giganteus (226394)
Middle Frasnian - Late/Upper Frasnian379.0 - 372.15United Kingdom Holoptychius giganteus (239413)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15United Kingdom (Scotland) Holoptychius nobilissimus, Holoptychius giganteus (176215)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86United Kingdom Holoptychius flemingi (238708) Holoptychius nobilissimus (238860 239214) Holoptychius sp. (238865 238866)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86United Kingdom (Somerset) Holoptychius nobilissimus, Holoptychius giganteus (232123)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Pennsylvania) Holoptychiidae indet. (239487) Holoptychius giganteus, Holoptychius americanus, Holoptychus serrulatus (164511)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Latvia Glyptolepis dellei, Holoptychius nobilissimus (238744) Holoptychius nobilissimus (176220 238206)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Australia (New South Wales) Holoptychius sp. (238074)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Russian Federation (Oryol Oblast) Glyptolepis dellei (226045)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Russian Federation Glyptolepis dellei, Holoptychius nobilissimus (238703)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Russian Federation (Tulskaya Oblast) Holoptychius sp. (176224)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Belgium (Liege) Holoptychius sp. (208029)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86USA (Pennsylvania) Holoptychiidae indet. (238265)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Belgium (Namur) Glyptolepis multistriatus, Glyptolepis radians, Holoptychius dewalquei (225613) Holoptychius flemingi (32276)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Ireland Glyptolepis elegans (32230)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4United Kingdom Holoptychius hopkinsii (132729)