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Polyodon

Acipenseriformes - Polyodontidae

Taxonomy
Polyodon was named by Lacépède (1797). It is extant. Its type is Polyodon spathula. It is the type genus of Polyodontidae, Polyodontinae, Polyodontini.

It was assigned to Polyodontini by Grande and Bemis (1996); and to Polyodontidae by Grande and Hilton (2006).

Species
P. spathula (type species), P. tuberculata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1797Polyodon Lacépède
1996Polyodon Grande and Bemis p. 109 fig. 11
2006Polyodon Grande and Hilton p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderAcipenseriformesBerg 1940
familyPolyodontidaeBonaparte 1838
subfamilyProtopsephurinae
—Polyodonti()
subfamilyPolyodontinae
tribePolyodontini
genusPolyodonLacépède 1797

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. Polyodon Lacépède 1797
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Polyodon spathula Walbaum 1792 [American paddlefish]
†Polyodon tuberculata Grande and Bemis 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available