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Ornithoprion

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Caseodontidae

Taxonomy
Ornithoprion is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Edestidae by Zangerl (1966); to Eugeneodontida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Caseodontidae by Zangerl (1981), Nelson (2006) and Ginter et al. (2010).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Ornithoprion Zangerl p. 6
1981Ornithoprion Zangerl p. 79
2002Ornithoprion Sepkoski
2006Ornithoprion Nelson p. 44
2010Ornithoprion Ginter et al. p. 118

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderEugeneodontiformes()
superfamilyCaseodontoidea
familyCaseodontidaeZangerl 1981
genusOrnithoprion

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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Ornithoprion hertwigi Zangerl 1966
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: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Indiana) O. hertwigi (131224 131225 131226 131227 131228 131229)