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Lepisosteus

Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Lepisosteus Agassiz p. 176
1859Lepidosteus Owen p. 126
1860Lepidosteus Leidy p. 118
1869Pneumatosteus Cope
1872Clastes Cope
1873Lepidosteus Leidy p. 349
1895Lepidosteus Woodward p. 440
1898Clastes Sauvage p. 36
1902Lepisosteus Hay p. 376
1908Lepidosteus Lambe
1946Lepisosteus Rapp p. 512
1964Lepisosteus Estes p. 43
1967Lepisosteus Bjork p. 229
1970Lepisosteus Estes and Berberian p. 3
1976Lepisosteus Estes p. 502
1988Lepisosteus Case and Schwimmer p. 297
1989Lepisosteus Bryant p. 22
1998Lepisosteus Weems p. 148
1999Lepisosteus Weems p. 54
2001Lepidosteus Peng et al.
2001Lepisosteus Purdy et al. p. 161
2002Lepisosteus Sepkoski
2012Lepisosteus López-Arbarello
2016Lepisosteus Maisch et al. p. 7
2018Lepisosteus Carnevale and Godfrey p. 163
2019Lepisosteus May

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderLepisosteiformesHay 1929
suborderLepisosteioidei
superfamilyLepisosteoidea
familyLepisosteidaeCuvier 1825
genusLepisosteus

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 glaber Marsh 1871
Lepisosteus integer Cope 1877
Lepisosteus knieskerni Fowler 1911
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Invalid names: Lepidotus haydeni Leidy 1856 [synonym]
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
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:27:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:18
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
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

Collections (413 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9United Kingdom (England) L. fittonii (168982)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0USA (Texas) L. sp. (14375)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Texas) L. sp. (14391)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Utah) L. sp. (73611 73612)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Austria (Styria) L. sp. (224480)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Germany L. sp. (228230)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Uzbekistan (Navoi) L. turanensis (58168)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Utah) L. sp. (14414)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (Utah) L. sp. (14393)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria (Upper Austria) L. sp. (224482)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Campanian89.3 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) L. sp. (164393)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (Alberta) L. sp. (48834 71485)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Utah) L. sp. (14409)
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Georgia) L. sp. (35289)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Wyoming) L. sp. (35367)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Georgia) L. sp. (70720)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Mexico (Chihuahua) L. sp. (170942)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Lepisosteidae indet. (47782)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) L. sp. (128412)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) L. sp., L. occidentalis (14458)