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Colobodus

Osteichthyes - Acropomatiformes - Coccocephalichthyidae

Taxonomy
Colobodus was named by Agassiz (1843) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Olen Tr Rhae].

It was assigned to Semionotidae by Woodward (1895); to Perleididae by Beltan (1972), Beltan (1984); to Colobodontidae by Agassiz (1844), Murry (1989), Cartanyà (1999); and to Perleidiformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Asterodon Münster p. 140
1843Colobodus Agassiz p. 237
1844Colobodus Agassiz
1847Omphalodus von Meyer p. 574
1884Eupleurodus Gürich p. 142
1885Dactylolepis Kunisch
1895Colobodus Woodward p. 68
1972Colobodus Beltan p. 294
1984Colobodus Beltan p. 120
1989Colobodus Murry p. 261
1999Colobodus Cartanyà p. 542
2002Colobodus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
orderAcropomatiformes
infraclassActinopteri()
orderAmblypteriformesHeyler 1969
orderBerycomorphi
orderCheirolepidiformes
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
infraclassCladistia(Cope 1870)
RankNameAuthor
familyCoccocephalichthyidaeFowler 1951
familyCoccolepidaeBerg 1940
orderDorypteriformes
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
orderEurynotoidiformesMinikh and Minikh 1990
orderGuildayichthyiformes
—HalecostomiRegan 1903
familyHaplolepidaeWestoll 1944
orderHeteromi
familyHowqualepididae
familyIrajapintoseidaeBeltan 1990
familyMimiidaeGardiner 1993
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
orderPerleidiformesBerg 1937
familyColobodontidaeStensiö 1916
genusColobodus

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. †Colobodus Agassiz 1843
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†Colobodus baii Sun et al. 2008
†Colobodus bassani de Alessandri 1910
†Colobodus bassanii de Alessandri 1910
†Colobodus bronni Münster 1841
†Colobodus chorzowiensis von Meyer 1847
†Colobodus damesi Waagen 1895
†Colobodus frequens Dames 1888
†Colobodus giganteus Beltan 1972
†Colobodus gogolinensis Kunisch 1885
†Colobodus hogardi Agassiz 1843
†Colobodus koenigi Stolley 1919
†Colobodus latus Agassiz 1833
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Invalid names: Dapedius altivelis Agassiz 1832 [synonym], Lepidotus ragazzoni de Zigno 1891 [synonym]
†Colobodus maximus Dames 1888
†Colobodus milium Henry 1876
†Colobodus triasicus Bassani 1886
†Colobodus varius Giebel 1848
†Colobodus wushaensis Li et al. 2019
Invalid names: Asterodon Münster 1841 [synonym], Dactylolepis Kunisch 1885 [synonym], Eupleurodus Gürich 1884 [synonym], Omphalodus von Meyer 1847 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Dienerian to the top of the Rhaetian or 250.50000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Pakistan C. damesi (143620)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Spain (Catalonia) C. varians (148730)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Poland (Silesia) Eupleurodus sulcatus (195571)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) C. sp. (31771) C. sp., C. maximus (31768)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Germany C. frequens, C. varius (131730 131731)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24USA (Nevada) C. sp. (93564)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33China (Guizhou) C. baii (100297)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Switzerland C. bassanii (117994) C. bassanii, C. triasicus (153402)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Germany C. maximus (139865)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Germany (Niedersachsen) C. sp., C. maximus (139348)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Germany (Baden-Württemberg) C. maximus, C. koenigi (105185)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy C. bassanii (153403) C. sp. (278903) C. triasicus (117943) Lepidotus triasicus, C. varius (149323)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Hungary C. sp. (99503)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Spain (Catalonia) C. sp. (148731)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany C. varius (131812)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Saudi Arabia C. sp. (149547)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Spain C. bassani (148735 148739) C. sp. (149852) Perleidus giganteus (149853)
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Spain (Catalonia) C. sp. (148733)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Spain (Tarragona) C. sp., Perleidus giganteus (109710)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0China (Guizhou) C. wushaensis (207543)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy C. sp. (153401)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Asterodon bronnii (137429) C. bronni (144939)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Germany C. sp. (47406) C. sp., C. maximus (47407)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy C. sp. (154454)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Austria C. sp. (149438)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Italy Lepidotus ragazzoni (153107)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Belgium C. sp. (131520)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Italy C. latus (153108) Semionotus latus (131996)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Luxembourg (Diekirch) C. sp. (56047)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Austria (Tirol) Semionotus latus (130601 130602)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (57958 120898 122365)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) C. hogardi (31772) C. sp. (31773)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) C. sp. (22684)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4France (Champagne-Ardennes) C. maximus (139922)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Poland C. sp. (124679)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4France (Franche-Comté) C. milium (149398 149411 149412)
Rhaetian - Hettangian205.7 - 199.5Belgium (Gaume) C. sp. (139199 139202)