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Macrosemius

Osteichthyes - Macrosemiiformes - Macrosemiidae

Taxonomy
Macrosemius was named by Agassiz (1834) [Sepkoski's age data: J Kimm J Tith-l Sepkoski's reference number: 452,718]. It is the type genus of Macrosemiidae.

It was assigned to Macrosemiiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Macrosemiidae by Woodward (1895), Hay (1902), López-Arbarello (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Macrosemius Agassiz p. 387
1895Macrosemius Woodward p. 176
1902Macrosemius Hay p. 378
2002Macrosemius Sepkoski
2012Macrosemius López-Arbarello

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
—Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderMacrosemiiformes
familyMacrosemiidaeThiollière 1858
genusMacrosemius

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. †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
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Berriasian or 168.20000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom M. sp. (131844)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany M. rostratus (131961)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2France Disticholepis dumortieri, Disticholepis fourneti (131960)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Eastern Bavaria) M. fourneti (187436)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany M. rostratus (121197)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1France M. pectoralis (131984)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) M. andrewsi (131990)