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Spaniodon

Osteichthyes - Osmeriformes - Spaniodontidae

Taxonomy
Spaniodon was named by Pictet (1850). It is the type genus of Spaniodontidae.

It was assigned to Elopidae by Woodward (1901); to Clupeidae by Hay (1902); to Salmoniformes by Taverne and Filleul (2003); and to Spaniodontidae by van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Spaniodon Pictet p. 33
1901Spaniodon Woodward p. 48
1902Spaniodon Hay p. 391
2003Spaniodon Taverne and Filleul
2019Spaniodon 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
—Stomiati
orderOsmeriformes
familySpaniodontidaeJordan 1905
genusSpaniodon

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. †Spaniodon Pictet 1850
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†Spaniodon blondelii Pictet 1850
†Spaniodon brevis Pictet and Humbert 1866
†Spaniodon electus Davis 1887
†Spaniodon elongatus Pictet 1850
†Spaniodon latus Agassiz 1839
†Spaniodon lepturus von der Marck 1894
†Spaniodon simus Cope 1878
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:31:28
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:33:09
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 100.50000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Clupea lata (69118) S. simus (221231)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Lebanon S. blondelii (221188) S. blondelii, S. electus (170327) S. elongatus, Clupea lata (221187) S. elongatus, S. brevis (221226) S. elongatus, S. latus (92241 221174) S. latus (221175)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany S. lepturus (221717)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Iran S. opisthodon, S. squamigera (77215)