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Spaniodon blondelii

Osteichthyes - Osmeriformes - Spaniodontidae

Taxonomy
Spaniodon blondelii was named by Pictet (1850). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sach el Aalma (Blondel collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Spaniodon blondelii Pictet p. 34 figs. Pl 5, figs 2-4
1866Spaniodon blondelii Pictet and Humbert p. 84
1887Spaniodon blondelii Davis p. 587 figs. Pl 34, fig 3
1901Spaniodon blondeli Woodward p. 48 figs. text-fig. 4
1902Spaniodon blondellii Hay p. 391

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
Stomiati
orderOsmeriformes
familySpaniodontidaeJordan 1905
genusSpaniodon
speciesblondelii

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.

Spaniodon blondelii Pictet 1850
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Lebanon Spaniodon blondelii (170327 type locality: 221188)