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Saurodontidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)127092https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=127092
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Ichthyodectiformes : Saurodontidae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassNeopterygii
-TeleosteomorphaArratia et al. 2004
-Teleostei
-Osteossomorpha
orderIchthyodectiformesBardack and Sprinkle 1969
familySaurodontidaeStewart
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Saurodontidaefamilybelongs to Merospondylistated without evidenceCope, 1887
Saurodontidaefamilysubjective synonym of Chirocentridaestated without evidenceHay, 1902
Saurodontidaefamilybelongs to Clupeoideistated without evidenceJordan, 1963
Saurodontidaefamilybelongs to Chirocentroideastated without evidenceApplegate, 1970
Saurodontidaefamilysubjective synonym of Saurocephalidaestated without evidenceThurmond and Jones, 1981
Saurodontidaefamilybelongs to Ichthyodectiformesstated with evidenceStewart, 1999
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)26
First Recorded Appearance133 - 129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ichthyodectiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ichthyodectiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. P. Applegate. 1970. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Fieldiana: Geology Memoires 3(8):385-433

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Asiamericana
genus
listed (PBDB)193.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gillicus
genus
listed (PBDB)386.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Prosaurodon
genus
listed (PBDB)
Saurocephalus
genus
listed (PBDB)9133 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
41.3 Ma
Eocene
Saurodon
genus
listed (PBDB)1186.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Verraesichthys
genus
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1887Saurodontidae Cope p. 1019
1963Saurodontidae Jordan p. 619
1970Saurodontidae Applegate p. 419
1999Saurodontidae Stewart p. 337
2011Gwawinapterus Arbour and Currie p. 64 figs. 2-4
2011Gwawinapterus beardi Arbour and Currie p. 64 figs. 2-4
2013Saurodontidae Cavin et al. p. 170

References

Applegate S. P. (1970) The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama, Fieldiana: Geology Memoires 3 8, 385-433
Cope E. D. Zittel's Manual of Palaeontology, The American Naturalist 21 11, 1014-1019
Jordan D. S. (1963) The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes, Stanford University Press, 1-816
Arbour V. M., Currie P. J. (2011) An istiodactylid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 48, 63-69 doi:10.1139/E10-083
Cavin L., Forey P. L., et al (2013) Osteology of Eubiodectes libanicus (Pictet & Humbert, ) and some other ichthyodectiformes (Teleostei): phylogenetic implications, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11 2, 115-177 doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.691559
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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