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Smerdis

Osteichthyes - Perciformes

Taxonomy
Smerdis was named by Agassiz (1833).

It was assigned to Cycloidei by Owen (1859); and to Percoidei by Agassiz (1835), Winkler (1880).

Species
S. latior, S. macrurus, S. micracanthus, S. minutus, S. pygmaeus, S. rhoenensis, S. sandbergi, S. sieblosensis, S. ventralis
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. rhenanus
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2011-12-17; modified by M. Clapham on 2021-08-07

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Smerdis Agassiz p. 32
1835Smerdis Agassiz p. 39ff
1859Smerdis Owen p. 127
1880Smerdis Winkler

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
suborderPercoidei(Bleeker 1859)
genusSmerdis

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. †Smerdis Agassiz 1833
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†Smerdis latior Agassiz 1836
†Smerdis macrurus Agassiz 1834
†Smerdis micracanthus Agassiz 1835
†Smerdis minutus de Blainville 1818
†Smerdis pygmaeus Agassiz 1836
†Smerdis rhoenensis Winkler 1880
†Smerdis sandbergi Winkler 1880
†Smerdis sieblosensis Winkler 1880
†Smerdis ventralis Agassiz 1836
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 21:38:14
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:38:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Chattian or 48.07000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) S. sp. (31735)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Germany S. sandbergi, S. sieblosensis, S. rhoenensis (113964)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) S. rhenanus (32012)