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Rhizodontidae

Rhizodontiformes - Rhizodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Rhizodontidae Traquair
1887Rhizodontidae Cope
1891Rhizodontidae Woodward p. 341
2012Rhizodontidae Jeffery p. 6
2016Rhizodontidae Nelson et al. p. 110
2022Rhizodontidae Smirnova p. 432

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderRhizodontiformesAndrews and Westoll 1970
familyRhizodontidaeTraquair 1881
familyRhizodontidaeTraquair 1881

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. †Rhizodontidae Traquair 1881
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G. †Gooloogongia Johanson and Ahlberg 1998
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†Gooloogongia loomesi Johanson and Ahlberg 1998
G. †Rhizodus
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†Rhizodus hibberti Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Rhizodus anceps Newberry 1888 [synonym], Rhizodus angustus Newberry 1856 [synonym], Rhizodus ferox Morris 1843 [synonym], Rhizodus gracilis M'Coy 1848 [synonym], Rhizodus incurvus Newberry 1856 [synonym]
†Rhizodus reticulatus Newberry and Worthen 1870
†Rhizodus serpukhovensis Smirnova 2022
Invalid names: Characodus Morris and Roberts 1862 [synonym]
G. †Sauripteris Hall 1843
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†Sauripteris anglicus Woodward 1891
†Sauripteris favosus Agassiz 1844
†Sauripteris taylori Hall 1843
G. †Screbinodus Andrews 1985
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†Screbinodus ornatus Traquair 1836
G. †Strepsodus Huxley and Etheridge 1865
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†Strepsodus sauroides Binney 1841
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Invalid names: Strepsodus anculonamensis Andrews 1985 [synonym], Strepsodus minor Traquair 1890 [synonym], Strepsodus striatulus Traquair 1882 [synonym]
Invalid names: Strepsodus arenosus Hay 1900 [nomen dubium], Strepsodus brockbanki Davis 1891 [nomen dubium], Strepsodus dawsoni Hay 1900 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Frasnian to the top of the Moscovian or 375.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Devonian419.62 - 358.86USA (Pennsylvania) Sauripterus taylori (136079)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15United Kingdom (Scotland) Rhizodontidae indet. (176215)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Australia (New South Wales) Gooloogongia loomesi (207370)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86United Kingdom (Somerset) Sauripteris anglicus (232123)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Rhizodontidae indet. (195788)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Belarus (Homel) Rhizodus sp. (232531)
Arundian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Strepsodus sauroides (90682)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Rhizodus hibberti (230473)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom Rhizodus gracilis, Rhizodus hibberti (132778)
Pendleian - Arnsbergian330.3 - 323.6Russian Federation (Moscow) Rhizodus serpukhovensis (235591)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6USA (West Virginia) Strepsodus indet. (124949)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6United Kingdom (England) Rhizodontidae indet. (8456 8459)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6USA (Montana) Strepsodus sp. (116656 227065)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2United Kingdom (England) Strepsodus sauroides (132670)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9United Kingdom Rhizodus hibberti (132730 132779 132780) Strepsodus sauroides (137307)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) Rhizodus sp. (124367)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Lancashire) Rhizodus sp. (172765)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Flintshire) Strepsodus sp. (233393 233396)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Ireland Strepsodus sauroides (139985)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0United Kingdom Strepsodus sauroides (137306 137309 137311 137320 140013) Strepsodus sauroides, Strepsodus striatulus (137310 137319) Strepsodus striatulus (137304)