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Spaniodon lepturus

Osteichthyes - Osmeriformes - Spaniodontidae

Taxonomy
Spaniodon lepturus was named by von der Marck (1894). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baumberge (Museum zu Münster collection), which is in a Campanian marine horizon in the Baumberge Formation of Germany.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Spaniodon lepturus von der Marck p. 46 figs. Pl 5, fig 5

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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
specieslepturus

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 lepturus von der Marck 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available