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Bobbodus

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Eugeneodontidae

Taxonomy
Bobbodus was named by Zangerl (1981) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc-u C Step-u Sepkoski's reference number: 451]. It is not extant. Its type is Bobbodus schaefferi.

It was assigned to Eugeneodontida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eugeneodontidae by Zangerl (1981), Schultze and West (1996), Nelson (2006), Ginter et al. (2010).

Species
B. schaefferi (type species), B. xerxesi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Bobbodus Zangerl p. 82
1996Bobbodus Schultze and West p. 162
2002Bobbodus Sepkoski
2006Bobbodus Nelson p. 44
2010Bobbodus Ginter et al. p. 123

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderEugeneodontiformes()
superfamilyCaseodontoidea
familyEugeneodontidae
genusBobbodus

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. †Bobbodus Zangerl 1981
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Bobbodus schaefferi Zangerl 1981
Bobbodus xerxesi Hampe et al. 2013
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:03:14
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:03:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Kasimovian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 307.00000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Iowa) B. schaefferi (132118)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) B. schaefferi (132177)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Kansas) B. schaefferi (118270)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Iran B. xerxesi (137398)