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Semionotus

Osteichthyes - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Semionotus Agassiz p. 144
1833Semionotus leptocephalus Agassiz p. 8
1834Semionotus leptocephalus Agassiz figs. Pl 26, fig 1
1836Semionotus leptocephalus Agassiz p. 222
1837Semionotus nilssoni Agassiz p. 229
1843Semionotus nilssoni Agassiz figs. Pl 27a, figs 1-5
1847Ischypterus Egerton
1857Semionotus trotti Bellotti
1866Semionotus gibbus Seebach
1890Semionotus Woodward p. 30
1895Semionotus Woodward p. 55
1902Semionotus Hay p. 375
1924Semionotus Haughton
1928Semionotus metcalfi Swinnerton
1950Semionotus Schaeffer and Dunkle p. 4
1967Semionotus Schaeffer
1972Semionotus Beltan p. 312
1986Semionotus McCune p. 218
2002Semionotus Sepkoski
2010Semionotus Friedman et al. p. S32
2012Semionotus López-Arbarello

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
—Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderSemionotiformes
familySemionotidae
genusSemionotus

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.

G. †Semionotus Agassiz 1832
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†Palaeoniscus agassizii Redfield 1841
†Semionotus agassizii Redfield 1841
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Invalid names: Semionotus marshii Newberry 1888 [synonym]
†Semionotus australis Woodward 1890
†Semionotus beardmori Smith 1900
†Semionotus bergeri Agassiz 1833
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Invalid names: Palaeoniscum arenaceum Berger 1832 [synonym], Semionotus elongatus Fraas 1861 [objective synonym], Semionotus esox Berger 1843 [synonym], Semionotus spixi Agassiz 1833 [synonym]
†Semionotus braunii Newberry 1888
†Semionotus capensis Woodward 1888
†Semionotus elegans Newberry 1888
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Invalid names: Semionotus lenticularis Newberry 1888 [synonym], Semionotus modestus Newberry 1888 [synonym]
†Semionotus formosus Woodward 1908
†Semionotus fultus Agassiz 1833
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Invalid names: Ischypterus macropterus Newberry 1888 [synonym]
†Semionotus gigas Newberry 1888
†Semionotus howelli Bock 1959
†Semionotus kapffi Fraas 1861
†Semionotus lineatus Newberry 1888
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Invalid names: Semionotus alatus Newberry 1886 [synonym]
†Semionotus micropterus Newberry 1888
†Semionotus minutus Newberry 1888
†Semionotus normanniae Larsonneur 1964
†Semionotus ovatus Redfield 1841
†Semionotus parvus Redfield 1888
†Semionotus robustus Newberry 1888
†Semionotus tenuis Woodward 1890
Invalid names: Ischypterus Egerton 1847 [synonym], Semionotus gibbus Seebach 1866 [nomen nudum], Semionotus leptocephalus Agassiz 1833 [nomen dubium], Semionotus metcalfi Swinnerton 1928 [nomen dubium], Semionotus nilssoni Agassiz 1837 [nomen dubium], Semionotus trotti Bellotti 1857 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:41:44
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:03:17
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Smithian to the top of the Valanginian or 249.90000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen S. sp. (153410)
Spathian - Bithynian248.1 - 244.24Australia (New South Wales) S. australis, S. tenuis (131926)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464Australia (New South Wales) S. sp. (111729)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Spain S. kapffi, S. ovatus, S. agassizi (149852)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Spain (Tarragona) S. kapffi, S. ovatus, S. agassizi (109710)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7USA (Texas) S. sp. (84270)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7USA (North Carolina) S. sp. (89149)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3United Kingdom (England) S. sp. (197334)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Pennsylvania) S. ovatus, S. howelli (99375)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Virginia) S. sp. (107271 224089)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (New Jersey) S. sp. (91743 187289 187317 187318 187319 190915)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Arizona) Semionotidae indet. (48423) S. sp. (84017)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Malaysia (Pahang) S. sp. (204428)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (New Mexico) S. sp. (93643 93682)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (North Carolina) S. sp. (55493)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Germany (Baden-Württemberg) S. sp. (138865 138867)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4USA (Colorado) S. sp. (135699 135712)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4USA (Utah) S. sp. (135710 135711)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4USA (Arizona) S. sp. (84009)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4France S. sp. (39359)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4USA (Utah) S. sp. (218214)
Rhaetian - Hettangian205.7 - 199.5France (Basse-Normandie) S. normanniae (49654)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (Nova Scotia) S. sp. (74210)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5USA (Connecticut) S. agassizi (51264) S. sp. (47198 224079 224081 224082 224091)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5USA (Virginia) S. sp. (107637)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5USA (New Jersey) Palaeoniscus fultus, Palaeoniscus agassizii (182625) S. sp. (153635 187198)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5USA (Utah) S. sp. (157016 194863)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9USA (Massachusetts) S. sp. (153642)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9USA (Connecticut) S. sp. (224080)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9USA (New Jersey) S. ovatus, S. alatus, Ischypterus macropterus, S. gigas, S. lenticularis, S. micropterus, S. modestus, S. robustus, S. marshi (187288)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2South Africa (Free State) S. capensis (220880)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6USA (Utah) S. sp. (27017)