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Progymnodon hilgendorfi

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae

Taxonomy
Progymnodon hilgendorfi was named by Dames (1883).

It was recombined as Chilomycterus hilgendorfi by Dica (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Progymnodon hilgendorfi Dames
1998Progymnodon hilgendorfi Weems p. 151
2002Chilomycterus hilgendorfi Dica p. 40
2019Progymnodon hilgendorfi Ebersole et al. p. 182

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderTetraodontoidei
familyDiodontidae
genusProgymnodonDames 1883
specieshilgendorfiDames 1883

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.

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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 21:45:45
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:45:45
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 58.70000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) Progymnodon hilgendorfi (152240)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Romania Chilomycterus hilgendorfi (186852)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania Chilomycterus hilgendorfi (186845)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Romania Chilomycterus hilgendorfi (186846 186847 186851)