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Spaniodon elongatus

Actinopteri - Salmoniformes

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Spaniodon elongatus Pictet p. 35 figs. Pl 6, figs 1,2
1866Spaniodon elongatus Pictet and Humbert p. 85 figs. Pl 12, figs 1,2
1887Spaniodon elongatus Davis p. 589
1901Spaniodon elongatus Woodward p. 51 figs. pl. VII, fig. 3
2003Spaniodon elongatus Taverne and Filleul

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
superorderProtacanthopterygii
orderSalmoniformesBleeker 1859
genusSpaniodon
specieselongatus

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 elongatus Pictet 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:40:35
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:40:35
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 (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Lebanon Spaniodon elongatus (92241 221174 type locality: 221187 221226)