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Egertonia

Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae

Taxonomy
Egertonia was named by Cocchi (1866) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than T Eo-m Sepkoski's reference number: 746,915]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Labridae by Miller (1967); to Anguilliformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Phyllodontidae by Casier (1946), Casier (1958), Casier (1966), Cvancara and Hoganson (1993), Weems (1998), Weems (1999), Otero et al. (2015), Maisch et al. (2016) and Ebersole et al. (2019).

Species
E. isodonta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Egertonia Cocchi p. 121
1946Egertonia Casier p. 140
1958Egertonia Casier p. 24
1966Egertonia Casier p. 226
1967Egertonia Miller p. 225
1993Egertonia Cvancara and Hoganson p. 14
1998Egertonia Weems p. 150
1999Egertonia Weems p. 58
2002Egertonia Sepkoski
2015Egertonia Otero et al. p. 7
2016Egertonia Maisch et al. p. 7
2019Egertonia Ebersole et al. p. 155

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopocephalai
—Elopocephala
—Elopomorpha()
orderElopiformesSauvage 1875
familyPhyllodontidaeSauvage 1875
genusEgertoniaCocchi 1866

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. †Egertonia Cocchi 1866
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†Egertonia isodonta Cocchi 1866
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:12:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:12:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Bartonian or 72.10000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) E. sp. (106277)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) E. sp. (83331)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) E. isodonta (152240)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) E. isodonta (13299)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium E. sp. (219005)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) E. isodonta (81179 209524)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) E. isodonta (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Mississippi) E. isodonta (164192)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) E. sp. (3256 3257 3258)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) E. sp. (41989 41992 41994 41996 41998)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) E. isodonta (209368 209521) E. sp., E. isodonta (13346)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Barbados E. isodonta (221168)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) E. isodonta (81266 209520)