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Colosteus

Colosteidae

Taxonomy
Colosteus was named by Cope (1869). It is the type genus of Colosteidae.

It was synonymized subjectively with Sauropleura by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Ganocephala by Cope (1869); and to Colosteidae by Cope (1875), Carroll (1988) and Clack and Milner (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Colosteus Cope p. 22
1875Colosteus Cope p. 10
1988Colosteus Carroll
2015Colosteus Clack and Milner p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
familyColosteidae
genusColosteus

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. †Colosteus Cope 1869
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Colosteus scutellatus Cope 1869
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Invalid names: Colosteus crassiscutatus Cope 1869 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Westphalian D or 311.45000 to 306.95000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian313.8 - 305.9USA (Ohio) C. scutellatus (176092)
Westphalian D311.45 - 306.95USA (Ohio) Pygopterus scutellatus (85292)