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Cylindracanthus ornatus

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Cylindracanthus ornatus was named by Leidy (1856).

It was recombined as Coelorhynchus ornatus by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Cylindracanthus rectus by Thurmond and Jones (1981).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Cylindracanthus ornatus Leidy p. 12
1902Coelorhynchus ornatus Hay p. 331
1946Cylindracanthus ornatus Rapp p. 511
2019Cylindracanthus ornatus Ebersole et al. p. 150
2024Cylindracanthus ornatus Ebersole et al. p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
genusCylindracanthusLeidy 1856
speciesornatusLeidy 1856

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Rupelian or 83.60000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) Cylindracanthus ornatus (57918)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Cylindracanthus ornatus (57916)
Maastrichtian - Paleocene72.2 - 56.0USA (Arkansas) Cylindracanthus ornatus (145187)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Cylindracanthus ornatus (81179)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) Cylindracanthus ornatus (235364)