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Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish)
Taxonomy
Sarcopterygii was named by Romer (1955). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subclass Sarcopterygii by Miles (1977), Gardiner (1982), Ahlberg (1991), Chang and Zhu (1993), Yu (1998), Schultze (2001), Davis et al. (2004), Young and Schultze (2005), Clement (2005), Clement (2006) and Johanson et al. (2007); it was reranked as the class Sarcopterygii by Long (2011); it was reranked as the superclass Sarcopterygii by Betancur-R et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Teleostomi by Miles (1977); to Osteichthyes by Romer (1955), Daly (1973), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Gardiner (1982), Ahlberg (1991), Chang and Zhu (1993), Yu (1998), Dineley and Metcalf (1999), Schultze (2001), Meyer and Zardoya (2003), Davis et al. (2004), Young and Schultze (2005), Clement (2005), Irmis (2005), Clement (2006) and Johanson et al. (2007); and to Osteichthyes by Friedman and Daeschler (2006), Qiao and Zhu (2009), Lu and Zhu (2010), Clement and Long (2010), Long (2011), Clement (2012), Lu et al. (2012), Betancur-R et al. (2013), Qiao and Zhu (2015), Smithson et al. (2016) and Mann et al. (2017).
It was reranked as the subclass Sarcopterygii by Miles (1977), Gardiner (1982), Ahlberg (1991), Chang and Zhu (1993), Yu (1998), Schultze (2001), Davis et al. (2004), Young and Schultze (2005), Clement (2005), Clement (2006) and Johanson et al. (2007); it was reranked as the class Sarcopterygii by Long (2011); it was reranked as the superclass Sarcopterygii by Betancur-R et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Teleostomi by Miles (1977); to Osteichthyes by Romer (1955), Daly (1973), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Gardiner (1982), Ahlberg (1991), Chang and Zhu (1993), Yu (1998), Dineley and Metcalf (1999), Schultze (2001), Meyer and Zardoya (2003), Davis et al. (2004), Young and Schultze (2005), Clement (2005), Irmis (2005), Clement (2006) and Johanson et al. (2007); and to Osteichthyes by Friedman and Daeschler (2006), Qiao and Zhu (2009), Lu and Zhu (2010), Clement and Long (2010), Long (2011), Clement (2012), Lu et al. (2012), Betancur-R et al. (2013), Qiao and Zhu (2015), Smithson et al. (2016) and Mann et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1955 | Sarcopterygii Romer p. 126 |
| 1973 | Sarcopterygii Daly p. 567 |
| 1977 | Sarcopterygii Miles |
| 1981 | Sarcopterygii Thurmond and Jones p. 80 |
| 1982 | Sarcopterygii Gardiner p. 228 |
| 1991 | Sarcopterygii Ahlberg p. 280 |
| 1993 | Sarcopterygii Chang and Zhu |
| 1998 | Sarcopterygii Yu |
| 1999 | Sarcopterygii Dineley and Metcalf p. 11 |
| 2001 | Sarcopterygii Schultze |
| 2003 | Sarcopterygii Meyer and Zardoya |
| 2004 | Sarcopterygii Davis et al. |
| 2005 | Sarcopterygii Clement p. 481 |
| 2005 | Sarcopterygii Irmis p. 67 |
| 2005 | Sarcopterygii Young and Schultze |
| 2006 | Sarcopterygii Clement p. 461 |
| 2006 | Sarcopterygii Friedman and Daeschler |
| 2007 | Sarcopterygii Johanson et al. |
| 2009 | Sarcopterygii Qiao and Zhu |
| 2010 | Sarcopterygii Clement and Long |
| 2010 | Sarcopterygii Lu and Zhu |
| 2011 | Sarcopterygii Long p. 244 |
| 2012 | Sarcopterygii Clement |
| 2012 | Sarcopterygii Lu et al. |
| 2013 | Sarcopterygii Betancur-R. et al. |
| 2015 | Sarcopterygii Qiao and Zhu |
| 2016 | Sarcopterygii Smithson et al. |
| 2017 | Sarcopterygii Mann et al. p. 234 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Holman 2000, Legendre 1988, Peczkis 1995, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Holocene or 440.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 438.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 438.5 Ma
Collections (38074 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aeronian | USA (Nevada) | Pentlandia merriami (51520 51522) | |
| Aeronian | Norway | Pentlandia sp. (13845) | |
| Wenlock - Silurian | USA (Wisconsin) | Pentlandia glypta (13040 13069) | |
| Ludlow | China (Yunnan) | Guiyu oneiros (27771) | |
| Ludfordian | China (Junnan) | Ligulalepis yunnanensis (182558) | |
| Pridoli | China (Junnan) | Psarolepis sp. (182559) | |
| Lochkovian | China (Yunnan) | Youngolepis praecursor, Youngolepis sp., Achoania jarvikii, Diabolepis speratus, Psarolepis romeri, Styloichthys changae (162781) | |
| Lochkovian | USA (Wyoming) | Uranolophus wyomingensis (153534) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | USA (Wyoming) | Uranolophus wyomingense (26179) | |
| Devonian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Sauripterus taylori (136079) | |
| Devonian | Australia (Northern Territory) | Harajicadipterus youngi (136238) | |
| Devonian | Russian Federation (Siberia) | Ichnomylax karatajae (135992) | |
| Devonian | Australia (New South Wales) | Chirodipterus potteri (136235 136236) | |
| Devonian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Melanognathus canadensis (136240) | |
| Devonian | Australia (Victoria) | Bukkanodus jesseni (136138) | |
| Pragian | China (Yunnan) | Qingmenodus yui, Tungsenia paradoxa (196858) | |
| Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian | Australia (Victoria) | Ichnomylax kurnai (196799) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Germany | Dipnorhynchus lehmanni (26904) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Russian Federation | Dipnoi indet. (35710 35711 35712 35749) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Germany (Alken) | Porolepis sp. (27049) | |