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Tomognathus

Osteichthyes - Tomognathidae

Taxonomy
Tomognathus was named by Agassiz (1850) [Named ascribed to Agassiz in Dixon 1850.]. Its type is Tomognathus mordax. It is the type genus of Tomognathidae.

It was assigned to Halecoidei by Dixon (1850); to Chirocentridae by Woodward (1901); to Amioidea by Forey and Patterson (2006); and to Tomognathidae by van der Laan (2019).

Species
T. leiodus, T. mordax (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Tomognathus Agassiz p. 376
1850Tomognathus Dixon p. 376
1901Tomognathus Woodward p. 116
2006Tomognathus Forey and Patterson
2019Tomognathus van der Laan p. 69

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
familyTomognathidae
genusTomognathusAgassiz 1850

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. †Tomognathus Agassiz 1850
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†Tomognathus leiodus Dixon 1850
†Tomognathus mordax Dixon 1850
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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available