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Gadomorpholithus ponderosus

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Lotidae

Taxonomy
Gadidarum ponderosus was named by Koken (1885). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Gadomorpholithus ponderosus by Schwarzhans (2003), Schwarzhans (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Gadidarum ponderosus Koken p. 113 figs. pl. 5, fig. 24
1891Gadidarum ponderosus Koken p. 90
2003Gadomorpholithus ponderosus Schwarzhans p. 54
2004Gadomorpholithus ponderosus Schwarzhans p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
suborderGadoidei
familyLotidaeBonaparte 1842
genusGadomorpholithus
speciesponderosus(Koken 1885)

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.

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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 21:19:31
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:19:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Selandian or 66.00000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland Gadomorpholithus ponderosus (22943)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Denmark Gadomorpholithus ponderosus (159792 159793 159794 159795)