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Polyodontini

Acipenseriformes - Polyodontidae

Taxonomy
Polyodontini is a tribe. It is extant. Its type is Polyodon.

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

Subtaxa
Crossopholis, Polyodon (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Polyodontini Grande and Bemis p. 109 fig. 11

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

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. †Crossopholis Cope 1883
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G. Polyodon Lacépède 1797
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Polyodon spathula Walbaum 1792 [American paddlefish]
†Polyodon tuberculata Grande and Bemis 1991
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available