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Sphyraenodus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)36205https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36205
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Scombriformes : Sphyraenodus
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
-Osteoglossocephalai
-ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
-Euteleosteomorpha
-NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
-Eurypterygia
-Ctenosquamata
-Acanthomorphata
-Euacanthomorphacea
-Percomorphaceae
-Scombrimorpharia
orderScombriformes
suborderScombroideiBleeker 1859
genusSphyraenodusAgassiz 1843
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sphyraenodusgenussubjective synonym of Dictyodusstated without evidenceHay, 1902
Sphyraenodusgenusbelongs to Scombridaestated without evidenceBohm, 1926
Sphyraenodusgenusbelongs to Perciformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Sphyraenodusgenusbelongs to Scombroideistated without evidenceMonsch, 2004
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance20.4 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Acanthomorphata)
Dietomnivore (based on Acanthomorphata)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (livr. 18). Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Sphyraenodus crassidens
species
listed (PBDB)
Sphyraenodus hastatus
species
listed (PBDB)138.0 Ma
Eocene
38.0 Ma
Eocene
Sphyraenodus priscus
species
listed (PBDB)155.8 Ma
Eocene
55.8 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1843Sphyraenodus Agassiz p. 178
1926Sphyraenodus Bohm p. 85
1946Sphyraenodus Rapp p. 512
1966Sphyraenodus Casier p. 286
2002Sphyraenodus Sepkoski, Jr.
2004Sphyraenodus Monsch p. 476

References

Agassiz L. , Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (livr. 18). Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel, xxxii-188
Bohm J. (1926) Über Tertiäre versteinerungen von den Bogenfelser diamantfeldern, Beiträge zur geologischen Erforschung der deutschen Schutzgebiete 2, 55-87
Casier E. (1966) , Faune ichthyologique du London Clay, 1-510
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Monsch K. A. (2004) Revision of the scombroid fishes from the Cenozoic of England, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 95, 445-489 doi:10.1017/S0263593300001164
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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