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Macrosemiiformes

Osteichthyes - Macrosemiiformes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Macrosemiiformes Sepkoski
2011Macrosemiiformes Long p. 242
2016Macrosemiiformes Nelson et al. p. 124

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
—Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderMacrosemiiformes
orderMacrosemiiformes

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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G. †Enchelyolepis Woodward 1918
Fm. †Macrosemiidae Thiollière 1858
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G. †Agoultichthys Murray and Wilson 2009
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†Agoultichthys chattertoni Murray and Wilson 2009
G. †Eosemionotus Stolley 1919
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†Eosemionotus ceresiensis Bürgin 2004
†Eosemionotus diskosomus López-Arbarello et al. 2019
†Eosemionotus minutus López-Arbarello et al. 2019
†Eosemionotus ratumensis Diependaal et al. 2024
†Eosemionotus sceltrichensis López-Arbarello et al. 2019
†Eosemionotus vogeli Fritsch 1906
G. †Histionotus Egerton 1854
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†Histionotus angularis Egerton 1854
†Histionotus falsani Thiollière 1873
†Histionotus oberndorferi Wagner 1863
G. †Legnonotus Egerton 1854
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†Legnonotus cothamensis Egerton 1854
†Legnonotus krambergeri Bartram 1977
†Legnonotus obtusus Tintori and Renesto 1983
G. †Macrosemiocotzus González-Rodríguez et al. 2004
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†Macrosemiocotzus americanus González-Rodríguez et al. 2004
G. †Macrosemius Agassiz 1834
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†Macrosemius andrewsi Woodward 1895
†Macrosemius dumortieri Thiollière 1873
†Macrosemius fourneti Thiollière 1854
†Macrosemius pectoralis Sauvage 1883
†Macrosemius rostratus Agassiz 1834
G. †Notagogus Agassiz 1833
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†Notagogus denticulatus Agassiz 1834
†Notagogus latior Agassiz 1833
†Notagogus novomundi González-Rodríguez and Reynoso 2004
†Notagogus pentlandi Agassiz 1833
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Invalid names: Blenniomoeus brevicauda Costa 1853 [synonym], Blenniomoeus longicauda Costa 1850 [synonym], Blenniomoeus maior Costa 1856 [synonym], Lepidotus exiguus Costa 1857 [synonym], Notagogus crassicauda Costa 1864 [synonym], Notagogus erythrolepis Costa 1853 [synonym], Notagogus gracilis Costa 1864 [synonym], Notagogus minor Costa 1853 [synonym]
†Notagogus zieteni Agassiz 1833
Invalid names: Blenniomoeus Costa 1850 [synonym], Calignathus Costa 1856 [synonym], Pachyodon Costa 1856 [synonym]
G. †Propterus Agassiz 1834
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†Propterus elongatus Wagner 1863
†Propterus microstomus Agassiz 1834
†Propterus scacchii Costa 1853
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Invalid names: Rhynchoncodes macrocephalus Costa 1854 [synonym]
†Propterus serratus Agassiz 1843
Invalid names: Rhynchoncodes Costa 1850 [synonym]
Invalid names: Eosemionotidae Bürgin et al. 1991 [synonym]
G. †Voelklichthys Arratia and Schultze 2012
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†Voelklichthys comitatus Arratia and Schultze 2012
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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bithynian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 244.99000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24Slovenia Eosemionotus sp. (166625)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Netherlands Eosemionotus ratumensis (186555 234840)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Slovenia Eosemionotus sp. (166628)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Netherlands Eosemionotus ratumensis (234296)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Germany Allolepidotus vogelii (139870) Eosemionotus sp. (139864) Eosemionotus vogeli (200085)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Germany (Niedersachsen) Eosemionotus vogeli (139348)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Switzerland Eosemionotus ceresiensis (122057)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Switzerland Eosemionotus ceresiensis, Eosemionotus diskosomus (180688 200086) Eosemionotus diskosomus (200087 200088 200089 200090 200091) Eosemionotus sp. (180493 180499 180507 180511)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Italy Eosemionotus diskosomus (200092)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Spain Eosemionotus sp. (148734 148735 148736 148739 149852)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Switzerland Eosemionotus sceltrichensis, Eosemionotus minutus (180686)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Spain (Tarragona) Eosemionotus sp. (109710)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy Legnonotus obtusus (116568)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7Thailand (Chaiyaphum) Macrosemiiformes indet. (219817)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Italy Legnonotus krambergeri (121996 121997)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Italy (Lombardia) Legnonotus krambergeri (59639)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Austria Legnonotus krambergeri (207544 207545 207546 207547) Ophiopsis attenuata (122455)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria Legnonotus krambergeri (195673)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) Legnonotus cothamensis (122365)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom Macrosemius sp. (131844)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2France Disticholepis dumortieri, Disticholepis fourneti (131960)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany Macrosemius rostratus (131961)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Bavaria) Notagogus sp. (132944)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Bayern) Voelklichthys comitatus (59175)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Eastern Bavaria) Notagogus sp., Macrosemius fourneti (187436)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Propterus elongatus (228758)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany Macrosemius rostratus (121197)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1France Macrosemius pectoralis (131984)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Histionotus angularis (52301 131852 131980) Macrosemius andrewsi (131990)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Notagogus sp., Notagogus ferreri (28006)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Belgium (Hainaut) Notagogus parvus (22645)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mexico (Chiapas) Macrosemiidae indet. (68835)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Italy (Campania) Notagogus pentlandi, Blenniomoeus longicauda, Rhynchoncodes macrocephalus (112631) Notagogus sp. (68888)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Mexico (Chiapas) Notagogus novomundi (241349)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Mexico (Puebla) Macrosemiocotzus americanus (136733) Notagogus novomundi (133545 133991)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Mexico (Puebla ) Notagogus novomundi (133540)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco (Meknes-Tafilalet) Agoultichthys chattertoni (136753)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco (Er Rachida) Agoultichthys chattertoni (120457)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Macrosemiidae indet. (32322)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Lleida) Macrosemiidae indet. (242248)