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Saurichthyidae
Taxonomy
Saurichthyidae was named by Stensiö (1925). Its type is Saurichthys.
It was assigned to Chondrostei by Lehman (1952); to Palaeoniscoidea by Gardiner (1960); and to Saurichthyiformes by Beltan (1968), Beltan (1972), Beltan (1984), Sytchevskaya (1999), Cartanyà (1999), Mutter et al. (2008), Tintori et al. (2014), Tintori et al. (2016), Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Chondrostei by Lehman (1952); to Palaeoniscoidea by Gardiner (1960); and to Saurichthyiformes by Beltan (1968), Beltan (1972), Beltan (1984), Sytchevskaya (1999), Cartanyà (1999), Mutter et al. (2008), Tintori et al. (2014), Tintori et al. (2016), Nelson et al. (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1888 | Belonorhynchidae Woodward |
| 1925 | Belonorhynchidae Raymond p. 551 |
| 1925 | Saurichthyidae Stensiö |
| 1952 | Saurichthyidae Lehman p. 113 |
| 1960 | Saurichthyidae Gardiner p. 241 |
| 1963 | Belonorhynchidae Jordan p. 613 |
| 1968 | Saurichthyidae Beltan p. 34 |
| 1972 | Saurichthyidae Beltan p. 303\ |
| 1984 | Saurichthyidae Beltan p. 123 |
| 1999 | Saurichthyidae Cartanyà p. 541 |
| 1999 | Saurichthyidae Sytchevskaya p. 465 |
| 2008 | Saurichthyidae Mutter et al. p. 105 |
| 2014 | Saurichthyidae Tintori et al. p. 158 |
| 2016 | Saurichthyidae Nelson et al. p. 115 |
| 2016 | Saurichthyidae Tintori et al. p. 189 |
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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. †Saurichthyidae Stensiö 1925
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G. †Saurichthys Agassiz 1834
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Subg. †Saurichthys (Costasaurichthys) Tintori 2013
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†Saurichthys (Costasaurichthys) costasquamosus Rieppel 1985
†Saurichthys (Costasaurichthys) paucitrichus Rieppel 1992
Subg. †Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) Liu and Wei 1988
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†Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) chaoi Liu and Wei 1988
†Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) madagascariensis Piveteau 1945
Subg. †Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) Tintori 2013
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†Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) dayi Raymond 1925
†Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) elongatus Stensiö 1925
†Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) ornatus Stensiö 1925
†Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) toxolepis Mutter et al. 2008
Subg. †Saurichthys (Sinosaurichthys) Wu et al. 2011
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†Saurichthys (Sinosaurichthys) longipectoralis Wu et al. 2011
†Sinosaurichthys longimedialis Wu et al. 2011
†Sinosaurichthys minuta Wu et al. 2011
†Saurichthys aculeatus Henry 1876
†Saurichthys apicalis Agassiz 1834
†Saurichthys breviabdominalis Maxwell 2015
†Saurichthys calcaratus Griffith 1977
†Saurichthys curionii Bellotti 1857
†Saurichthys daubreei Firtion 1934
†Saurichthys dawaziensis Wu et al. 2009
†Saurichthys deperditus Costa 1862
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Invalid names: Saurichthys krambergeri Schlosser 1918 [synonym]
†Saurichthys dongusensis Minikh 1992
†Saurichthys eximius Minikh 1982
†Saurichthys gigas Woodward 1890
†Saurichthys gracilis Woodward 1890
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Invalid names: Belonorhynchus gracilis Woodward 1890 [synonym]
†Saurichthys grignae Tintori 2013
†Saurichthys gypsophilus Reis 1892
†Saurichthys hamiltoni Stensiö 1925
†Saurichthys huanshenensis Chou and Liu 1957
†Saurichthys indicus Koninck 1863
†Saurichthys irregularis Oertle 1928
†Saurichthys latifrons Frech 1903
†Saurichthys lepidosteoides Frech 1903
†Saurichthys longidens Agassiz 1843
†Saurichthys macrocephalus Deecke 1889
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Invalid names: Belonorhynchus robustus Bassani 1886 [synonym]
†Saurichthys majiashanensis Tintori et al. 2014
†Saurichthys nepalensis Beltan and Janvier 1978
†Saurichthys obrutchevi Minikh 1982
†Saurichthys orientalis Sytchevskaya 1999
†Saurichthys parvidens Woodward 1890
†Saurichthys piveteaui Beltan 1968
†Saurichthys proximus Minikh 1982
†Saurichthys sceltrichensis Renesto et al. 2021
†Saurichthys seefeldensis Beltan and Tintori 1980
†Saurichthys semicostatus Münster 1839
†Saurichthys spinosa Wu et al. 2018
†Saurichthys stensioi Lehman 1952
†Saurichthys striatulus Henry 1876
†Saurichthys subulatus Henry 1876
†Saurichthys tenuirostris Münster 1839
†Saurichthys tertius Minikh 1982
†Saurichthys ultimus Minikh 1992
†Saurichthys vjuschkovi Minikh 1983
†Saurichthys wimani Woodward 1912
†Saurichthys yangjuanensis Wu et al. 2015
†Saurichthys yunnanensis Zhang et al. 2010
Invalid names: Ichthyorhynchus Bellotti 1857 [synonym]
G. †Saurorhynchus Reis 1892
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†Saurorhynchus acutus Agassiz 1843
†Saurorhynchus anningae Maxwell and Stumpf 2017
†Saurorhynchus brevirostris Woodward 1895
†Saurorhynchus hauffi Maxwell and Stumpf 2017
Invalid names: Acidorhynchus Stensio 1925 [synonym]
Invalid names: Belonorhynchidae Woodward 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Devyatov et al. 2005, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Vyatkian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 259.51000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (215 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | Saurichthys sp. (93027) | |
| Vyatkian | Russian Federation (Vladimir) | Saurichthys sp. (86346) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Zhejiang) | Eosaurichthys chaoi (123424) | |
| Griesbachian | Greenland | Saurichthys dayi (122049 122050) | |
| Induan | Australia (Tasmania) | Saurichthys sp. (136589 136590 136591) | |
| Griesbachian - Spathian | Canada (British Columbia) | Saurichthys dayi, Saurichthys toxolepis (148841 148842 148843) | |
| Dienerian | Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) | Saurichthys madagascariensis (120933) Saurichthys sp., Saurichthys madagascariensis (154183) | |
| Dienerian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Saurichthys sp. (118074) | |
| Dienerian | Madagascar (Diana) | Saurichthys madagascariensis (153773) | |
| Dienerian | Madagascar | Saurichthys madagascariensis (153373) Saurichthys sp., Saurichthys madagascariensis, Saurichthys piveteaui (153683) Saurichthys sp., Saurichthys madagascariensis, Saurichthys stensioi (153378) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Tenuicostatum | Germany | Saurorhynchus hauffi (139779) | |
| Tenuicostatum | Canada (Alberta) | Acidorhynchus acutus (121198) | |
| Toarcian | Germany | Belonorhynchus brevirostris (122169) | |
| Toarcian | Germany (Würtemberg) | Belonorhynchus brevirostris (122171) | |
| Toarcian | United Kingdom (England) | Belonorhynchus acutus (122372) Belonorhynchus brevirostris (122168) Belonostomus acutus (122167) | |
| Middle Toarcian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Saurorhynchus hauffi (50766) | |
| Bifrons | Canada (Alberta) | Saurorhynchus acutus (186707) | |
| Opalinum | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Saurorhynchus sp. (182590 186709) | |
| Bathonian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Saurichthys apicalis (40696 105872) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Lebanon | Stenoprotome hamata (221230) | |