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Sphaerodontidae

Osteichthyes - Sphaerodontidae

Taxonomy
Sphaerodontidae is a family. Its type is Sphaerodus.

It was assigned to Merospondyli by Cope (1887); and to Neopterygii by van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa
Sphaerodus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Sphaerodontidae Cope p. 1019
2019Sphaerodontidae van der Laan p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
familySphaerodontidae
familySphaerodontidae

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. †Sphaerodus Agassiz 1833
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Sphaerodus annularis Agassiz 1839
Sphaerodus cinctus Agassiz 1839
Sphaerodus conicus Agassiz 1839
Sphaerodus crassus Agassiz 1833
Sphaerodus depressus Agassiz 1839
Sphaerodus discus Agassiz 1839
Sphaerodus gigas Agassiz 1833
Sphaerodus hybridus Münster 1846
Sphaerodus insignis Van Beneden 1871
Sphaerodus irregularis Agassiz 1839
Sphaerodus lens Agassiz 1839
Sphaerodus minimus Agassiz 1833
Sphaerodus mitrula Agassiz 1839
Sphaerodus parvus Agassiz 1833
Sphaerodus subannularis Münster 1846
Sphaerodus submamillaris Münster 1846
Sphaerodus subradiatus Münster 1846
Sphaerodus tetragonus Münster 1846
Sphaerodus truncatus Agassiz 1839
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Albian or 237.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Hungary Sphaerodus sp. (156154)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (Wales) Sphaerodus sp. (72293)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4France (Franche-Comté) Sphaerodus minimus (149408)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Sphaerodus submamillaris, Sphaerodus subannularis, Sphaerodus hybridus, Sphaerodus tetragonus, Sphaerodus subradiatus, Sphaerodus mitrula, Sphaerodus irregularis (67913)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Sphaerodus sp. (45760)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Switzerland Sphaerodus neocomiensis (2198 2256)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2France Sphaerodus sp. (2186)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Switzerland Sphaerodus globulosus (2166)