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Gonatodus

Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Taxonomy
Gonatodus was named by Traquair (1877) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Palaeoniscidae by Woodward (1891) and Hay (1902); and to Palaeonisciformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Gonatodus Traquair
1891Gonatodus Woodward p. 434
1902Gonatodus Hay p. 365
2002Gonatodus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyPalaeoniscidaeVogt 1852
genusGonatodusTraquair 1877

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Gonatodus Traquair 1877
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Gonatodus brainerdi Thomas 1853
Gonatodus punctatus Agassiz 1835
Gonatodus toilliezi Koninck 1878
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:35:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:35:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Arnsbergian or 364.70000 to 323.70000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Ohio) G. brainerdi (226404)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Belgium G. toilliezi (228888)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (Scotland) G. punctatus (229831 229837 229974 230413 230419 230444 230471 230473 230478 230480)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) G. punctatus (229937 230377)
Pendleian - Arnsbergian330.9 - 323.7United Kingdom (Scotland) G. punctatus (229829)