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Saurorhamphus

Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Eurypholidae

Taxonomy
Saurorhamphus was named by Heckel (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-u Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is not extant. Its type is Saurorhamphus freyeri.

It was assigned to Alepisauriformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eurypholidae by Goody (1969), Chalifa (1985), Bannikov and Bacchia (2005).

Species
S. freyeri (type species), S. giorgiae, S. judeaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Saurorhamphus Heckel
1969Saurorhamphus Goody p. 121
1985Saurorhamphus Chalifa p. 183
2002Saurorhamphus Sepkoski
2005Saurorhamphus Bannikov and Bacchia p. 516

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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
genusSaurorhamphusHeckel 1850

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. †Saurorhamphus Heckel 1850
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†Saurorhamphus freyeri Heckel 1850
†Saurorhamphus giorgiae Bannikov and Bacchia 2005
†Saurorhamphus judeaensis Chalifa 1985
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 Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 121.40000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mexico (Chiapas) S. sp. (68835)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Palestine S. judeaensis (11804)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mexico (Chiapas) S. sp. (192074)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco (Er Rachida) S. sp. (120457)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon S. giorgiae (221150)