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Spaniodon latus

Osteichthyes - Osmeriformes - Spaniodontidae

Taxonomy
Clupea lata was named by Agassiz (1839). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Spaniodon latus by Woodward (1901), Taverne and Filleul (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Clupea lata Agassiz figs. Pl 61, fig 10
1843Clupea lata Agassiz p. 118
1850Clupea lata Pictet p. 37 figs. Pl 7, fig 1
1866Clupea lata Pictet and Humbert p. 68 figs. Pl 7, fig 6
1887Clupea lata Davis p. 574
1901Spaniodon latus Woodward p. 53
2003Spaniodon latus 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
specieslatus()

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 latus Agassiz 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available