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Eurypholidae

Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Eurypholidae

Taxonomy
Eurypholidae was named by Goody (1969). Its type is Eurypholis.

It was assigned to Enchodontoidei by Goody (1969), Chalifa (1985), Forey et al. (2003).

Subtaxa
Eurypholis (type genus), Saurorhamphus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Eurypholidae Goody p. 99
1985Eurypholidae Chalifa p. 182
2003Eurypholidae Forey et al. p. 229

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Cyclosquamata
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderEnchodontoideiBerg 1937
familyEurypholidae
familyEurypholidae

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.

Fm. †Eurypholidae Goody 1969
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G. †Eurypholis Pictet 1850
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†Eurypholis boissieri Pictet 1850
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Invalid names: Eurypholis sulcidens Pictet 1850 [synonym]
†Eurypholis pulchellus Woodward 1901
G. †Saurorhamphus Heckel 1850
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†Saurorhamphus freyeri Heckel 1850
†Saurorhamphus giorgiae Bannikov and Bacchia 2005
†Saurorhamphus judeaensis Chalifa 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:54:50
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:54:50
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 121.40000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mexico (Chiapas) Saurorhamphus sp. (68835)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mexico (Chiapas) Saurorhamphus sp. (192074)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Uzbekistan (Navoi) Eurypholis sp. (58208)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Palestine Saurorhamphus judeaensis (11804)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Eurypholis boissieri (69118 127467 221158 221227) Eurypholis boissieri, Eurypholis sulcidens (221186)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco (Er Rachida) Saurorhamphus sp. (120457)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Eurypholis boissieri (124426) Saurorhamphus giorgiae (221150)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Enchodus pulchellus (222446 227637)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Eurypholis pulchellus (238510)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan (Ehime) Eurypholis japonicus (161436)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jordan Eurypholidae indet. (170239)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Greece (Lamia) Eurypholis sp. (207615)