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Hadrodus priscus

Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy
Hadrodus priscus was named by Leidy (1857). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Columbus, which is in a Santonian/Campanian marine sandstone in the Eutaw Formation of Mississippi. It is the type species of Hadrodus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Hadrodus priscus Leidy
1873Hadrodus priscus Leidy p. 294
1902Hadrodus priscus Hay p. 373
1970Hadrodus priscus Applegate p. 401
1981Hadrodus priscus Thurmond and Jones p. 82
2002Hadrodus priscus Poyato-Ariza and Wenz
2013Hadrodus priscus Retzler et al. p. 87 fig. 5

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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()
genusHadrodusLeidy 1857
speciespriscusLeidy 1857

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.

†Hadrodus priscus Leidy 1857
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Paleocene or 93.90000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) Hadrodus priscus (35365)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Israel Hadrodus priscus (237920)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Hadrodus priscus (81932)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) Hadrodus priscus (type locality: 98972)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2Israel Hadrodus priscus (237925 237926)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) Hadrodus priscus (128412)
Maastrichtian - Paleocene72.2 - 56.0USA (Arkansas) Hadrodus priscus (145187)