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Stratodus apicalis

Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae

Taxonomy
Stratodus apicalis was named by Cope (1872).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Stratodus apicalis Cope
1902Stratodus apicalis Hay p. 387
1963Stratodus apicalis Tabaste p. 476
1970Stratodus apicalis Applegate p. 421
1972Stratodus apicalis Cappetta p. 226 figs. Pl 12, figs 3,4
1981Stratodus apicalis Thurmond and Jones p. 101

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Cyclosquamata
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderIchthyotringoideiGoody 1969
familyDercetidaeCope
genusStratodusCope 1872
speciesapicalisCope 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.

†Stratodus apicalis Cope 1872
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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: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:54:50
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:54:50
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Ypresian or 85.70000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Alabama) Stratodus apicalis (81926 81928)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Stratodus apicalis (81932 81934)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Syria Stratodus apicalis (117850 117852 117857)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco Stratodus apicalis (116902 116903)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco Stratodus apicalis (99627 213665 213666)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jordan Stratodus apicalis (170239)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jordan Stratodus apicalis (13366)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mali (Kidal) Stratodus apicalis (206855)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Niger (Tahoua) Stratodus apicalis (48868 178660)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Niger Stratodus apicalis (229528)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Mali (Gao) Stratodus apicalis (175262)