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Lepidotes
Taxonomy
Lepidotes was named by Agassiz (1832) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 2,1066]. Its type is Cyprinus elvensis. It is the type genus of Lepidotidae.
It was corrected as Lepidotus by Schaeffer (1947); it was misspelled as Lepidotus by Rayner (1948), Lapparent (1955), Gardiner (1960), Tabaste (1963), Wenz (1967), Delsate (1997), Goodwin et al. (1999), Sepkoski (2002), López-Arbarello (2012) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Lepidotidae by Hay (1902); to Semionotidae by Woodward (1895), Woodward (1916), Schaeffer (1947), Rayner (1948), Lapparent (1955), Gardiner (1960), Tabaste (1963), Wenz (1967), Delsate (1997) and Goodwin et al. (1999); to Semionotiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lepisosteiformes by López-Arbarello (2012) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was corrected as Lepidotus by Schaeffer (1947); it was misspelled as Lepidotus by Rayner (1948), Lapparent (1955), Gardiner (1960), Tabaste (1963), Wenz (1967), Delsate (1997), Goodwin et al. (1999), Sepkoski (2002), López-Arbarello (2012) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Lepidotidae by Hay (1902); to Semionotidae by Woodward (1895), Woodward (1916), Schaeffer (1947), Rayner (1948), Lapparent (1955), Gardiner (1960), Tabaste (1963), Wenz (1967), Delsate (1997) and Goodwin et al. (1999); to Semionotiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lepisosteiformes by López-Arbarello (2012) and Nelson et al. (2016).
Species
L. dashanpuensis, L. elvensis, L. gigas (type species), L. gloriae, L. lennieri, L. macropterus, L. microrhis, L. pankowskii, L. semiserratus (syn. Lepidotus umbonatus, Lepidotus latissimus), L. tanyrhis, L. toombsi, L. walcotti, L. wenzae, Lepidotus affinis, Lepidotus fimbriatus, Lepidotus fittoni, Lepidotus frondosus, Lepidotus gallineki, Lepidotus latifrons, Lepidotus leedsi, Lepidotus lusitanicus, Lepidotus macrocheirus, Lepidotus maximiliani, Lepidotus minor, Lepidotus oblongus, Lepidotus occidentalis, Lepidotus palliatus, Lepidotus parvulus, Lepidotus piauhyensis, Lepidotus pustulatus, Lepidotus radiatus, Lepidotus rugosus, Lepidotus souzai, Lepidotus speciosus, Lepidotus striatus, Lepidotus subdenticulatus, Lepidotus subovatus, Lepidotus subundatus, Lepidotus tuberculatus, Lepidotus undatus, Lepidotus unguiculatus, Lepidotus virleti
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1832 | Lepidotes Agassiz p. 145 figs. Vol I, Pl C, fig 4 |
| 1863 | Plesiodus Wagner |
| 1893 | Prolepidotus Michael |
| 1895 | Lepidotus Woodward p. 77 |
| 1902 | Lepidotes Hay p. 374 |
| 1916 | Lepidotus Woodward p. 26 |
| 1947 | Lepidotus Schaeffer p. 12 |
| 1948 | Lepidotus Rayner p. 302 figs. 10-13 |
| 1955 | Lepidotes Lapparent p. 12 |
| 1960 | Lepidotes Gardiner p. 309 |
| 1963 | Lepidotes Tabaste p. 463 |
| 1967 | Lepidotes Wenz p. 81 |
| 1997 | Lepidotes Delsate p. 129 |
| 1999 | Lepidotes Goodwin et al. p. 732 |
| 2002 | Lepidotus Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Prolepidotus Sepkoski |
| 2012 | Lepidotes López-Arbarello |
| 2016 | Lepidotes Nelson et al. p. 122 |
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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.
G. †Lepidotes Agassiz 1832
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†Lepidotes dashanpuensis Peng et al. 2005
†Lepidotes elvensis de Blainville 1818
†Lepidotes gigas Agassiz 1832
†Lepidotes gloriae Thies 1989
†Lepidotes lennieri Sauvage 1893
†Lepidotes macropterus Yabumoto 1994
†Lepidotes microrhis Wenz 2003
†Lepidotes pankowskii Forey et al. 2011
†Lepidotes semiserratus Agassiz 1836
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Invalid names: Lepidotus latissimus Agassiz 1833 [synonym], Lepidotus umbonatus Agassiz 1833 [synonym]
†Lepidotes tanyrhis Wenz 2003
†Lepidotes toombsi Jain and Robinson 1963
†Lepidotes walcotti Eastman 1917
†Lepidotes wenzae Brito and Gallo 2003
†Lepidotus affinis Fricke 1875
†Lepidotus fimbriatus Agassiz 1834
†Lepidotus fittoni Agassiz 1835
†Lepidotus frondosus Agassiz 1832
†Lepidotus gallineki Michael 1863
†Lepidotus latifrons Woodward 1893
†Lepidotus leedsi Woodward 1895
†Lepidotus lusitanicus Sauvage 1898
†Lepidotus macrocheirus Egerton 1845
†Lepidotus maximiliani Agassiz 1843
†Lepidotus minor Agassiz 1833
†Lepidotus oblongus Agassiz 1834
†Lepidotus occidentalis Leidy 1856
†Lepidotus palliatus Agassiz 1837
†Lepidotus parvulus Agassiz 1843
†Lepidotus piauhyensis Roxo and Löfgren 1936
†Lepidotus pustulatus Woodward 1895
†Lepidotus radiatus Agassiz 1833
†Lepidotus rugosus Agassiz 1837
†Lepidotus souzai Woodward 1908
†Lepidotus speciosus Agassiz 1843
†Lepidotus striatus Agassiz 1833
†Lepidotus subdenticulatus Agassiz 1833
†Lepidotus subovatus Münster 1842
†Lepidotus subundatus Münster 1846
†Lepidotus tuberculatus Agassiz 1837
†Lepidotus undatus Agassiz 1833
†Lepidotus unguiculatus Agassiz 1833
†Lepidotus virleti Agassiz 1833
Invalid names: Plesiodus Wagner 1863 [synonym], Prolepidotus Michael 1893 [synonym], Scrobodus Munster [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 247.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (243 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Illyrian | Italy | Lepidotus sp. (149323) | |
| Pelsonian - Illyrian | China (Guizhou) | L. sp. (31623) | |
| Late/Upper Triassic - Early/Lower Jurassic | Ethiopia | L. sp. (48830) | |
| Norian | USA (Utah) | L. walcotti (81265) | |
| Norian | Switzerland (Aargau) | L. sp. (22680) | |
| Alaunian | Austria (Tirol) | Lepidotus sp., Lepidotus parvulus (130602) | |
| Rhaetian | France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) | Lepidotus sp. (31772 31773 31774 166561) | |
| Rhaetian | France | Lepidotus sp. (39359) | |
| Rhaetian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Prolepidotus sp. (139484) | |
| Rhaetian | United Kingdom (England) | L. barnstonensis, L. sp. (53829) L. sp. (120928) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Utah) | L. sp. (14385) | |
| Campanian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | L. sp. (191154) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Arizona) | Lepidotus sp. (24915) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Lepidotus occidentalis (133004) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | Lepidotus occidentalis (69213) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Brazil (São Paulo) | Lepidotus sp. (63925) | |
| Maastrichtian | Madagascar (Mahajanga) | L. sp. (199756) | |
| Maastrichtian | India (Maharashtra) | L. deccanensis (11604) | |
| Maastrichtian | India (Andhra Pradesh) | L. sp. (58100) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | India (Maharashtra) | L. sp. (58102) | |