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Eurypholis

Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Eurypholidae

Taxonomy
Eurypholis was named by Pictet (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-u K Turo Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. Its type is Eurypholis boissieri. It is the type genus of Eurypholidae.

It was assigned to Enchodontidae by Woodward (1901); to Alepisauriformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eurypholidae by Goody (1969), Forey et al. (2003).

Species
E. boissieri (syn. E. sulcidens) (type species), E. pulchellus
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. japonicus
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2021-08-31

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Eurypholis Pictet p. 28
1901Eurypholis Woodward p. 207
1969Eurypholis Goody p. 99
2002Eurypholis Sepkoski
2003Eurypholis Forey et al. p. 229

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Cyclosquamata
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderEnchodontoideiBerg 1937
familyEurypholidae
genusEurypholis

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. †Eurypholis Pictet 1850
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†Eurypholis boissieri Pictet 1850
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Invalid names: Eurypholis sulcidens Pictet 1850 [synonym]
†Eurypholis pulchellus Woodward 1901
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 20:54:50
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:54:50
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Uzbekistan (Navoi) E. sp. (58208)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon E. boissieri (69118 127467 221158 221227) E. boissieri, E. sulcidens (221186)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon E. boissieri (124426)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Enchodus pulchellus (222446 227637)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) E. pulchellus (238510)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan (Ehime) E. japonicus (161436)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Greece (Lamia) E. sp. (207615)