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Coelodus plethodon

Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy
Coelodus plethodon was named by Arambourg and Joleaud (1943). Its type specimen is Lambert AD 073, B 42; Chevalier coll., a set of teeth (vomerine and splenial dentitions), and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Coelodus plethodon Arambourg and Joleaud p. 36 figs. Pl. 2:3-7
1963Coelodus plethodon Tabaste p. 473

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
suborderPycnodontoidei
superfamilyPycnodontoidea
familyPycnodontidae()
genusCoelodusHaeckel 1854
speciesplethodon

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.

Coelodus plethodon Arambourg and Joleaud 1943
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:40:08
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:04:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 93.90000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Niger (Zinder) Coelodus plethodon (75235 75244 75257)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Niger (Tahoua) Coelodus plethodon (206860)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mali (Kidal) Coelodus plethodon (206855)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Niger (Tahoua) Coelodus plethodon (48868)