Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Lepidosiren paradoxa (South American lungfish)

Dipnomorpha - Lepidosirenidae

Taxonomy
Lepidosiren paradoxa was named by Fitzinger (1837). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger
1997Lepidosiren paradoxa Lundberg p. 70 fig. 5.3
2004Lepidosiren paradoxa Schultze p. 489
2015Lepidosiren paradoxa Criswell

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnomorpha(Ahlberg 1991)
superorderCeratodontae
orderCeratodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderLepidosirenoidei
familyLepidosirenidae
genusLepidosirenFitzinger 1837
speciesparadoxaFitzinger 1837

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.

Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger 1837 [South American lungfish]
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:35:13
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:35:13
Source: f = family, o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Laventan or 70.60000 to 11.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Bolivia (Cochabamba) Lepidosiren paradoxa (12855)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Bolivia (Mizque) Lepidosiren paradoxa (13501)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Peru (Puno) Lepidosiren paradoxa (132938) Lepidosirenidae indet. (28230)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Argentina (Jujuy) Lepidosiren paradoxa (176658)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Lepidosiren paradoxa (186608 186624 186630 186639 186661 186662 186663 186664 186665 186666 186667 186668 186669 186671 186674 186675 186676 186677 186683)