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Paleopsephurinae

Acipenseriformes - Polyodontidae

Taxonomy
Paleopsephurinae is a subfamily. Its type is Paleopsephurus.

It was assigned to Polyodonti by Grande and Bemis (1996).

Subtaxa
Paleopsephurus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Paleopsephurinae Grande and Bemis p. 108 fig. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderAcipenseriformesBerg 1940
familyPolyodontidaeBonaparte 1838
subfamilyProtopsephurinae
Polyodonti()
subfamilyPaleopsephurinae
subfamilyPaleopsephurinae

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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G. †Paleopsephurus MacAlpin 1947
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Paleopsephurus wilsoni MacAlpin 1947
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:46:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:46:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Torrejonian or 83.60000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Mexico) Paleopsephurus wilsoni (36541)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Paleopsephurus wilsoni (13142 67129)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Paleopsephurus wilsoni (14585)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Paleopsephurus wilsoni (142526)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Paleopsephurus sp. (14874)