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Holoptychius filosus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)310631https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=310631
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Porolepiformes : Holoptychiidae : Holoptychius : Holoptychius filosus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
-Dipnomorpha
orderPorolepiformesJarvik 1942
familyHoloptychiidaeOwen 1860
genusHoloptychiusAgassiz 1843
speciesHoloptychius filosusCope 1892
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Holoptychius filosusspeciesbelongs to Holoptychiusstated with evidenceCope, 1892
Holoptychius filosusspeciesbelongs to Holoptychiusstated without evidenceHay, 1902
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance383 - 372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance383 - 372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. D. Cope. 1892. On some new and little known Paleozoic vertebrates. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 30:221-229

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1892Holoptychius filosus Cope p. 228
1902Holoptychius filosus Hay p. 358

References

Cope E. D. On some new and little known Paleozoic vertebrates, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 30, 221-229
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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