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Progyrolepis

Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae

Taxonomy
Progyrolepis was named by Fritsch (1893). Its type is Gyrolepis speciosus.

It was assigned to Palaeoniscidae by Dunkle (1946); to Pygopteridae by Poplin (1999); and to Acrolepidae by Štamberg and Steyer (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Progyrolepis Fritsch
1946Progyrolepis Dunkle p. 402
1999Progyrolepis Poplin
2021Progyrolepis Štamberg and Steyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyAcrolepidae
genusProgyrolepisFritsch 1893

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. †Progyrolepis Fritsch 1893
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†Progyrolepis heyleri Poplin 1999
†Progyrolepis speciosus Frič 1875
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, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Stephanian B to the top of the Sakmarian or 301.50000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Czech Republic (Central Bohemia) P. speciosus (227320 227323 227342 227345 227348 227355 227357 227422 227424 227426 227453 227456)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Czech Republic (Kladno) P. speciosus (227334 227335)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Czech Republic P. speciosus (155305)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Czech Republic (Mladá Boleslav) P. speciosus (227311 227316)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Czech Republic (Rakovník) P. speciosus (154179)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Spain (Castilla–La Mancha) P. speciosus (230492)
Stephanian C301.0 - 300.4Czech Republic (Liberec) P. speciosus (227405 227406 227407 227408 227528)
Stephanian C301.0 - 300.4Czech Republic (Central Bohemia) P. speciosus (227325 227343 227350 227421)
Stephanian C301.0 - 300.4Czech Republic (Ústí nad Labem) P. speciosus (227403)
Stephanian C301.0 - 300.4Czech Republic (Kladno) P. speciosus (227332)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1France P. speciosus, P. heyleri (34797)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (New Mexico) P. sp. (180106 180383 180384)
Autunian298.9 - 283.5USA (Texas) P. tricessimalaris (124982)