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Lepisosteus
Taxonomy
Lepisosteus was named by Agassiz (1843) [Sepkoski's age data: K u R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Sauroidei by Owen (1859); to Rhomboganoidei by Leidy (1873); to Lepidosteidae by Leidy (1860), Woodward (1895) and Lambe (1908); to Semionotiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Lepisosteiformes by Weems (1999) and Carnevale and Godfrey (2018); and to Lepisosteidae by Hay (1902), Rapp (1946), Estes (1964), Bjork (1967), Estes and Berberian (1970), Estes (1976), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Bryant (1989), Weems (1998), Peng et al. (2001), Purdy et al. (2001), López-Arbarello (2012), Maisch et al. (2016) and May (2019).
It was assigned to Sauroidei by Owen (1859); to Rhomboganoidei by Leidy (1873); to Lepidosteidae by Leidy (1860), Woodward (1895) and Lambe (1908); to Semionotiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Lepisosteiformes by Weems (1999) and Carnevale and Godfrey (2018); and to Lepisosteidae by Hay (1902), Rapp (1946), Estes (1964), Bjork (1967), Estes and Berberian (1970), Estes (1976), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Bryant (1989), Weems (1998), Peng et al. (2001), Purdy et al. (2001), López-Arbarello (2012), Maisch et al. (2016) and May (2019).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1843 | Lepisosteus Agassiz p. 176 |
1859 | Lepidosteus Owen p. 126 |
1860 | Lepidosteus Leidy p. 118 |
1869 | Pneumatosteus Cope |
1872 | Clastes Cope |
1873 | Lepidosteus Leidy p. 349 |
1895 | Lepidosteus Woodward p. 440 |
1898 | Clastes Sauvage p. 36 |
1902 | Lepisosteus Hay p. 376 |
1908 | Lepidosteus Lambe |
1946 | Lepisosteus Rapp p. 512 |
1964 | Lepisosteus Estes p. 43 |
1967 | Lepisosteus Bjork p. 229 |
1970 | Lepisosteus Estes and Berberian p. 3 |
1976 | Lepisosteus Estes p. 502 |
1988 | Lepisosteus Case and Schwimmer p. 297 |
1989 | Lepisosteus Bryant p. 22 |
1998 | Lepisosteus Weems p. 148 |
1999 | Lepisosteus Weems p. 54 |
2001 | Lepidosteus Peng et al. |
2001 | Lepisosteus Purdy et al. p. 161 |
2002 | Lepisosteus Sepkoski |
2012 | Lepisosteus López-Arbarello |
2016 | Lepisosteus Maisch et al. p. 7 |
2018 | Lepisosteus Carnevale and Godfrey p. 163 |
2019 | Lepisosteus May |
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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. Lepisosteus Agassiz 1843
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†Lepisosteus aganus Cope 1877
†Lepisosteus cuneatus Cope 1884
†Lepisosteus cycliferus Cope 1873
†Lepisosteus glaber Marsh 1871
†Lepisosteus integer Cope 1877
†Lepisosteus knieskerni Fowler 1911
†Lepisosteus nahunticus Cope 1869
Lepisosteus osseus Linnaeus 1758
†Lepisosteus whitneyi Marsh 1871
Invalid names: Clastes Cope 1872 [synonym], Pneumatosteus Cope 1869 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Holocene or 145.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.9 Ma
Collections (413 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian | United Kingdom (England) | L. fittonii (168982) | |
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | USA (Texas) | L. sp. (14375) | |
Albian | USA (Texas) | L. sp. (14391) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Utah) | L. sp. (73611 73612) | |
Late/Upper Turonian | Austria (Styria) | L. sp. (224480) | |
Late/Upper Turonian | Germany | L. sp. (228230) | |
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian | Uzbekistan (Navoi) | L. turanensis (58168) | |
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian | USA (Utah) | L. sp. (14414) | |
Coniacian - Santonian | USA (Utah) | L. sp. (14393) | |
Early/Lower Coniacian | Austria (Upper Austria) | L. sp. (224482) | |
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Mississippi) | L. sp. (164393) | |
Late/Upper Santonian | Canada (Alberta) | L. sp. (48834 71485) | |
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Utah) | L. sp. (14409) | |
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian | USA (Georgia) | L. sp. (35289) | |
Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | L. sp. (35367) | |
Campanian | USA (Georgia) | L. sp. (70720) | |
Campanian | Mexico (Chihuahua) | L. sp. (170942) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon) | Lepisosteidae indet. (47782) | |
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | L. sp. (128412) | |
Judithian | USA (Wyoming) | L. sp., L. occidentalis (14458) |