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Rhizodus
Taxonomy
Rhizodus is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Rhizodus hibberti.
It was assigned to Holoptychiidae by Owen (1859); to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Rhizodontidae by Woodward (1891), Jeffery (2002), Jeffery (2012), Smirnova (2022).
It was assigned to Holoptychiidae by Owen (1859); to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Rhizodontidae by Woodward (1891), Jeffery (2002), Jeffery (2012), Smirnova (2022).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
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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. †Rhizodus
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†Rhizodus hibberti Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Rhizodus anceps Newberry 1888 [synonym], Rhizodus angustus Newberry 1856 [synonym], Rhizodus ferox Morris 1843 [synonym], Rhizodus gracilis M'Coy 1848 [synonym], Rhizodus incurvus Newberry 1856 [synonym]
†Rhizodus reticulatus Newberry and Worthen 1870
†Rhizodus serpukhovensis Smirnova 2022
Invalid names: Characodus Morris and Roberts 1862 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Tournaisian to the top of the Westphalian A or 358.86000 to 316.90000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tournaisian | Belarus (Homel) | R. sp. (232531) | |
| Asbian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | R. hibberti (230473) | |
| Brigantian | United Kingdom | R. gracilis (132778) | |
| Pendleian - Arnsbergian | Russian Federation (Moscow) | R. serpukhovensis (235591) | |
| Pennsylvanian | United Kingdom | R. hibberti (132730 132779 132780) | |
| Westphalian A | United Kingdom (England) | R. sp. (124367) | |
| Westphalian A | United Kingdom (Lancashire) | R. sp. (172765) |