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Psammodus

Chondrichthyes - Psammodontiformes - Psammodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Psammodus Agassiz p. 90
1889Psammodus Woodward p. 99
1902Psammodus Hay p. 284
1963Psammodus Jordan p. 593
1981Psammodus Ingavat and Janvier p. 653 figs. 1; B, B2, B3
1981Psammodus Thurmond and Jones p. 79
2002Psammodus Sepkoski
2006Psammodus Nelson p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderPsammodontiformesObruchev 1953
familyPsammodontidae
genusPsammodus

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. †Psammodus Agassiz 1834
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Psammodus angularis Newberry and Worthen 1866
Psammodus caelatus Saint John and Worthen 1883
Psammodus cornutus Agassiz 1843
Psammodus crassidens Saint John and Worthen 1883
Psammodus expansus Davis 1884
Psammodus glyptus Saint John and Worthen 1883
Psammodus grandis Saint John and Worthen 1883
Psammodus longidens Agassiz 1837
Psammodus lovianus Saint John and Worthen 1883
Psammodus plenus Saint John and Worthen 1883
Psammodus porosus Agassiz 1837
Psammodus reticulatus Newberry and Worthen 1866
Psammodus rugosus Agassiz 1836
Psammodus salopiensis Woodward 1889
Psammodus springeri Saint John and Worthen 1883
Psammodus tumidus Saint John and Worthen 1883
Psammodus turgidus Saint John and Worthen 1883
Psammodus turgidus Agassiz 1838
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:14:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:14:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Middle Bathonian or 358.90000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Montana) P. sp. (545)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2United Kingdom Helodus turgidus, P. rugosus, P. canaliculatus, P. cornutus (132781) P. rugosus (132789) P. trapeziformis (137333)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Alabama) P. sp. (84103)
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom P. cornutus (132783)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Egypt P. sp. (46983)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) P. sp. (6949)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.9 - 323.2USA (Alabama) P. sp. (84104)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9United Kingdom P. expansus (137324)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Russian Federation P. spicularis (132707)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan P. sp. (90255)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) P. rugosus (59357)