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Thoracopteridae
Taxonomy
Thoracopteridae was named by Griffith (1977). Its type is Thoracopterus.
It was assigned to Peltopleuriformes by Tintori and Sassi (1992); and to Thoracopteroidea by Shen and Arratia (2022).
It was assigned to Peltopleuriformes by Tintori and Sassi (1992); and to Thoracopteroidea by Shen and Arratia (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1977 | Thoracopteridae Griffith |
1992 | Thoracopteridae Tintori and Sassi p. 265 |
2022 | Thoracopteridae Shen and Arratia |
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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. †Thoracopteridae Griffith 1977
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G. †Italopterus Shen and Arratia 2022
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†Italopterus magnificus Tintori and Sassi 1987
†Italopterus martinisi Tintori and Sassi 1992
G. †Potanichthys Xu et al. 2012
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†Potanichthys wushaensis Tintori et al. 2012
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Invalid names: Potanichthys xingyiensis Xu et al. 2012 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Reference: Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Alaunian or 242.00000 to 212.00000 Ma
Collections (15 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Longobardian | Spain (Catalonia) | Moradebrichthys vilasecae (222559 222560) | |
Longobardian | China (Guizhou) | Potanichthys xingyiensis (135735 164947) Thoracopterus wushaensis (122723 153370 153371 153372) | |
Julian | Italy | Pterygopterus apus (139875) Thoracopterus niederristi (122165 122360 122361) | |
Julian | Austria | Thoracopterus niederristi, Gigantopterus telleri (118111) | |
Alaunian | Italy | Thoracopterus martinisi (117192) Thoracopterus sp. (153108) |