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Saurorhynchus hauffi

Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

Taxonomy
Saurorhynchus hauffi was named by Maxwell and Stumpf (2017). Its type specimen is SMNS 55057, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Zell unter Aichelberg, epsilon II-4 (SMNS collection), which is in a Toarcian marine shale in the Posidonienschiefer Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Saurorhynchus hauffi Maxwell and Stumpf p. 13 figs. 1D,E, 2C, 4C,F, 5C,D, 6C, 7B-D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderSaurichthyiformes
familySaurichthyidaeStensiö 1925
genusSaurorhynchusReis 1892
specieshauffi

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.

†Saurorhynchus hauffi Maxwell and Stumpf 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2013-12-05 19:36:26
Modified: 2013-12-06 11:31:35
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Devyatov et al. 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Tenuicostatum to the top of the Middle Toarcian or 184.20000 to 180.40000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany (Baden-Württenburg) Saurorhynchus hauffi (122461)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany Saurorhynchus hauffi (186715 type locality: 186719)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Germany Saurorhynchus hauffi (186713 186716 186718)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Germany (Würtemberg) Saurorhynchus hauffi (186710)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Germany (Baden-Württenburg) Saurorhynchus hauffi (91658 186711 186712)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Saurorhynchus hauffi (186714)
Tenuicostatum184.2 - 182.9Germany Saurorhynchus hauffi (139779)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7United Kingdom (England) Belonorhynchus brevirostris (122168)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Saurorhynchus hauffi (50766)