glyptodipterini

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. In Huxley's system of classification, a group of Devonian ganoid fishes, of the suborder Crossopterygidi. Its technical characters are: two dorsal fins placed far back opposite the two ventrals, acutely lobate pectorals, and dendrodont dentition. It is divided into those with rhom-boid and those with cycloid scales, respectively represented by such genera as Glyptolæma and Holoptychius.