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Spaniodon elongatus

Osteichthyes - Osmeriformes - Spaniodontidae

Taxonomy
Spaniodon elongatus was named by Pictet (1850). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sach el Aalma (Boissier collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. opisthodon, S. squamigera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Spaniodon elongatus Pictet p. 35 figs. Pl 6, figs 1,2
1866Spaniodon elongatus Pictet and Humbert p. 85 figs. Pl 12, figs 1,2
1887Spaniodon elongatus Davis p. 589
1901Spaniodon elongatus Woodward p. 51 figs. pl. VII, fig. 3
2003Spaniodon elongatus Taverne and Filleul

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—Stomiati
orderOsmeriformes
familySpaniodontidaeJordan 1905
genusSpaniodon
specieselongatus

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.

†Spaniodon elongatus Pictet 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available