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Ganorhynchus

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Ganorhynchus was named by Traquair (1873) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give D Fame-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is not extant. Its type is Ganorhynchus woodwardi.

It was assigned to Dipteridae by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902); to Dipnorhynchina by Campbell and Barwick (1990); and to Dipteriformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Ganorhynchus Traquair
1891Ganorhynchus Woodward p. 245
1902Ganorhynchus Hay p. 352
1990Ganorhynchus Campbell and Barwick
2002Ganorhynchus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassDipnomorpha(Ahlberg 1991)
superorderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
suborderDipnorhynchina
genusGanorhynchusTraquair 1873

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. †Ganorhynchus Traquair 1873
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Ganorhynchus beecheri Newberry 1889
Ganorhynchus caucasius Krupina 1979
Ganorhynchus oblongus Cope 1892
Ganorhynchus splendens Gross 1937
Ganorhynchus woodwardi Traquair 1878
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Givetian to the top of the Famennian or 383.40000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) G. sp. (197071 226078)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Pennsylvania) G. oblongus (164511)