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Pachyrhizodontidae

Actinopteri - Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Pachyrhizodontidae Cope
1902Pachyrhizodontidae Hay p. 387
1946Pachyrhizodontidae Rapp p. 512
1981Pachyrhizodontidae Thurmond and Jones p. 90
2006Pachyrhizodontidae Cumbaa et al. p. 150
2006Pachyrhizodontidae Shimada et al. p. 25
2014Pachyrhizodontidae Bannikov p. 25
2014Pachyrhizodontidae Carnevale et al. p. 41
2016Pachyrhizodontidae Nelson et al. p. 130
2020Pachyrhizodontidae Amalfitano et al. p. 280

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderCrossognathiformesTaverne 1989
suborderPachyrhizodontoideiForey 1977
familyPachyrhizodontidaeCope 1872
familyPachyrhizodontidaeCope 1872

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.

Fm. †Pachyrhizodontidae Cope 1872
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G. †Cavinichthys Taverne and Capasso 2019
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†Cavinichthys pachylepis Taverne and Capasso 2019
G. †Conosaurus Gibbes 1851
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†Conosaurus bowmani Gibbes 1851
Invalid names: Conosaurops Leidy 1868 [synonym]
G. †Elopopsis
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†Elopopsis crassus Dixon 1850
†Elopopsis fenxli Heckel 1856
†Elopopsis heckeli Reuss 1857
†Elopopsis ziegleri von der Marck 1868
G. †Goulmimichthys Cavin 1995
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†Goulmimichthys roberti Blanco and Cavin 2003
G. †Lebrunichthys Taverne and Capasso 2020
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†Lebrunichthys nammourensis Taverne and Capasso 2020
G. †Oricardinus Cope 1877
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†Oricardinus sheareri Cope 1872
†Oricardinus tortus Cope 1877
G. †Pachyrhizodus Agassiz 1850
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†Pachyrhizodus basalis Dixon 1850
†Pachyrhizodus caninus Cope 1872
†Pachyrhizodus curvatus Loomis 1900
†Pachyrhizodus dibleyi Woodward 1901
†Pachyrhizodus kingi Cope 1872
†Pachyrhizodus minimus Stewart 1899
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Invalid names: Pachyrhizodus intermedius Tarverne 1987 [synonym]
†Pachyrhizodus velox Stewart 1898
G. †Polcynichthys London and Shimada 2020
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†Polcynichthys lloydhilli London and Shimada 2020
G. †Stanhopeichthys Taverne and Capasso 2020
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†Stanhopeichthys libanicus Taverne and Capasso 2020
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:12:03
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:12:03
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Miocene or 121.40000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany Pachyrhizodontidae indet. (212878)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Italy (Campania) Cavinichthys pachylepis (221195)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Mexico (Hidalgo) Pachyrhizodontidae indet. (135815)
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Raphiosaurus subulidens (137415)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Elopopsis crassus, Pachyrhizodus subulidens (159610)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Stanhopeichthys libanicus (221162)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) Pachyrhizodus minimus (213414 213417 213419) Pachyrhizodus sp., Pachyrhizodus minimus (213416 213418)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Slovenia Elopopsis sp. (221237)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (South Dakota) Pachyrhizodus sp. (117819)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Elopopsis sp., Pachyrhizodus sp., Pachyrhizodus minimus (132505)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy (Treviso) Pachyrhizodus subulidens (214716)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy Pachyrhizodus sp., Pachyrhizodus subulidens (214600)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy (Vicenza) Pachyrhizodus subulidens (214715)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Elopopsis sp., Pachyrhizodus minimus (213403) Pachyrhizodus sp., Pachyrhizodus minimus (35429)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Pachyrhizodus sp., Elopopsis crassus (238509)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Polcynichthys lloydhilli (221657)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) Pachyrhizodus minimus (94538)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Nebraska) Elopopsis sp., Pachyrhizodus minimus (213308)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Lebrunichthys nammourensis (221170)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Elopopsis sp. (52997) Elopopsis sp., Pachyrhizodus minimus (22731)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Elopopsis crassus, Pachyrhizodus basalis, Pachyrhizodus dibleyi, Pachyrhizodus subulidens (238510)
Middle Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8USA (Texas) Pachyrhizodus caninus (221989)
Cenomanian - Maastrichtian100.5 - 66.0United Kingdom (England) Raphiosaurus subulidens (137416)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Conosaurops bowmani (129263)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) Pachyrhizodus minimus (213384 213386) Pachyrhizodus sp., Pachyrhizodus minimus (213385)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Nuevo León) Goulmimichthys roberti (84950 219108) Pachyrhizodus caninus, Goulmimichthys roberti (186284)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Iowa) Pachyrhizodus minimus (213400)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany Elopopsis ziegleri (221723)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) Pachyrhizodus minimus (35365) Pachyrhizodus sp. (213390) Pachyrhizodus sp., Pachyrhizodus minimus (213387)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Nebraska) Pachyrhizodus minimus (213389)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) Pachyrhizodus minimus (181902)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Puebla) Goulmimichthys roberti (127465)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Pachyrhizodus sp. (188488)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (South Dakota) Pachyrhizodus minimus (194130)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Russian Federation (Orenburg) Pachyrhizodus sp., Pachyrhizodontidae indet. (232890)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Alabama) Pachyrhizodus caninus (81926) Pachyrhizodus minimus, Pachyrhizodus caninus, Pachyrhizodus kingi (81928)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Pachyrhizodus caninus (94652)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Pachyrhizodus caninus (81931 81932 81934 81935 81972 82049 82052 82053) Pachyrhizodus minimus (82051)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Manitoba) Pachyrhizodus minimus, Pachyrhizodus caninus (36707)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Pachyrhizodus sp. (105717)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Skåne) Pachyrhizodus sp. (74334)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Russian Federation (Saratov) Pachyrhizodus sp. (224997)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Pachyrhizodus caninus (207338)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Arizona) Pachyrhizodus sp. (24915)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Carolina) Pachyrhizodus sp. (79363)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Chile (Valparaíso) Pachyrhizodus sp. (124311)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Illinois) Pachyrhizodus caninus (70129)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (South Carolina) Conosaurus bowmani (18506)