Holodipterus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Dipnoi |
| Family: | †Holodontidae |
| Genus: | †Holodipterus White & Moy-Thomas, 1940 |
| Type species | |
| †Holodus kiprijanowae Pander, 1858
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Holodus Pander, 1858 (preocc.) | |
Holodipterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine lungfish from the Late Devonian of eastern Europe and Australia.[1] The genus name was originally coined to replace "Holodus" Pander, 1858, which was already preoccupied.[2]
The following species are known:[2][3]
- †H. elderae Pridmore, 1994 - Early Frasnian of Western Australia, Australia (Gogo Formation) [4]
- †H. gogoensis Miles, 1977 - Early Frasnian of Western Australia, Australia (Gogo Formation)[5]
- †H. kiprijanowae (Pander, 1858) (type species) - Middle Famennian of Oryol, Russia (Dankov-Lebedyan Beds)
- †H. santacrucensis Gorizdro-Kulczycka, 1950 - Middle Famennian of Poland (Holy Cross Mountains)
The species H. meemannae from the Gogo Formation is now placed in its own genus, Asthenorhynchus.[2] It is likely that this genus is paraphyletic, and that the two Australian species likely belong in a different genus.[2]
One specimen of H. gogoensis has a well-preserved braincase that preserves numerous nerve canals, including olfactory canals.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Campbell, KSW T., and R. E. Barwick. "Paleozoic lungfishes—a review."Journal of Morphology 190.S1 (1986): 93-131.
- ^ a b c d John A. Long (2010). "New holodontid lungfishes from the Upper Devonian Gogo Formation of Western Australia" (PDF). In David K. Elliott; John G. Maisey; Xiaobo Yu; Desui Miao (eds.). Morphology, Phylogeny and Paleobiogeography of Fossil Fishes. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. pp. 275–298. ISBN 978-3-89937-122-2.
- ^ "†Holodipterus White and Moy-Thomas 1940 (lungfish)". The Paleobiology Database.
- ^ Pridmore, P. A.; Campbell, K. S. W.; Barwick, R. E. (1994-04-29). "Morphology and phylogenetic position of the holodipteran dipnoans of the Upper Devonian Gogo Formation of northwestern Australia". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 344 (1308): 105–164. doi:10.1098/rstb.1994.0058. ISSN 0962-8436.
- ^ Miles, R. S. (1977). "Dipnoan (lungfish) skulls and the relationships of the group: a study based on new species from the Devonian of Australia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 61 (1–3): 1–328. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb01031.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ^ Clement, Alice M.; Ahlberg, Per E. (2014-11-26). "The First Virtual Cranial Endocast of a Lungfish (Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi)". PLOS ONE. 9 (11) e113898. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9k3898C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113898. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4245222. PMID 25427173.