Glyptolepis Agassiz 1843 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Dipnomorpha - Holoptychiidae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (18me livraison) xxxii-188

Parent taxon: Holoptychiidae according to J. Mondéjar‐Fernández et al. 2020

See also Huxley 1861, Owen 1859 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Apedodus, Duffichthys, Holoptychius, Laccognathus, Nasogaluakus, Quebecius

Subtaxa: Glyptolepis baltica Glyptolepis elegans Glyptolepis groenlandica Glyptolepis leptopterus Glyptolepis microlepidotus Glyptolepis paucidens

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Givetian of Belarus (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

• Devonian of Australia (1), Belarus (3), Belgium (1), Estonia (8), Greenland (1), Ireland (1), Latvia (7), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), the United Kingdom (6)

Total: 36 collections including 38 occurrences

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