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Lophodus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)149517https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=149517
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Orodontiformes : Orodontidae : Lophodus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
classChondrichthyesHuxley 1880
subclassHolocephali
orderOrodontiformesZangerl 1981
familyOrodontidaede Koninck 1878
genusLophodus
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Lophodusgenusbelongs to Cochliodontidaestated without evidenceJordan, 1963
Lophodusgenusbelongs to Orodontidaestated with evidenceZangerl, 1981
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Holocephali)
Dietcarnivore (based on Holocephali)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. C. Branson. 1933. Fish fauna of the middle Phosphoria Formation. Journal of Geology 41:174-183

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1963Lophodus Jordan p. 594
1981Lophodus Zangerl p. 94

References

Branson C. C. (1933) Fish fauna of the middle Phosphoria Formation, Journal of Geology 41, 174-183
Jordan D. S. (1963) The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes, Stanford University Press, 1-816
Zangerl R. (1981) Chondrichthyes I: Paleozoic Elasmobranchii, Handbook of Paleoichthyology 3a
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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