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Cyclurus fragosus

Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Taxonomy
Kindleia fragosa was named by Jordan (1927). Its type specimen is NMC 8533.

It was misspelled as Cyclurus fragosa by Lillegraven and Eberle (1999); it was recombined as Cyclurus fragosus by Grande and Bemis (1998), Hoganson et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. gurlryi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Kindleia fragosa Jordan p. 145
1964Kindleia fragosa Estes p. 29
1989Kindleia fragosa Bryant p. 22
1998Cyclurus fragosus Grande and Bemis p. 280
1999Cyclurus fragosa Lillegraven and Eberle p. 710
2019Cyclurus fragosus Hoganson et al. p. 49 figs. 12.56-12.58

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
orderAmiiformesHay 1929
familyAmiidae
subfamilyAmiinaeBonaparte 1837
genusCyclurus
speciesfragosus(Jordan 1927)

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.

†Cyclurus fragosus Jordan 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaters
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatics
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: piscivoreo
Created: 2005-09-14 13:41:56
Modified: 2005-09-14 15:41:56
Source: s = species, o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bryant 1989

Age range: base of the Lancian to the top of the Puercan or 72.20000 to 63.40000 Ma

Collections (82 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Kindleia fragosa (14610 14620 14621)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Kindleia fragosa (14655)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cyclurus fragosa (14540 14541 14542 14543 14544 14796 70340 70341 70343 75280 75284 75287 75289 75292 75294 75296 75297 75429 75431 75432 75435 75442 75443 75447) Kindleia fragosa (14519 14527 14538 14566 14567 14596 14609 14643)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Kindleia fragosa (14568)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Kindleia fragosa (45389 45390 47034 224484)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Kindleia fragosa (14585 57168)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Cyclurus fragosus (213589) Kindleia fragosa (45098 45099 45102 45109 45110 45111 45112 45114 45117 45118 45119 45120 45122 45124 45128 45130 45134 45136 45137 45143 45144 45145 45299 45309 45381 45382)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Kindleia fragosa (45391)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Kindleia fragosa (45135 45312 45313 45380)
Puercan66.0 - 63.4USA (Montana) Kindleia fragosa (14766)
Puercan66.0 - 63.4USA (Wyoming) Cyclurus fragosa (14708 14712 14713 14729 14730 14797)