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Echiodon

Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Carapidae

Taxonomy
Echiodon was named by Thompson (1837) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 503]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Carapinae by Steurbaut (1984); to Ophidiiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Carapidae by Stringer (1998), Girone et al. (2006), Schwarzhans (2019).

Species
E. heinzelini, E. pegasus, E. teres
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. dentatus, E. drummondii, E. nuntius

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Echiodon Thompson
1984Echiodon Steurbaut p. 61
1998Echiodon Stringer p. 150
2002Echiodon Sepkoski
2006Echiodon Girone et al. p. 656
2019Echiodon Schwarzhans p. 172

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Ophidiaria
orderOphidiiformesBerg 1937
suborderOphidioidei
familyCarapidaeJordan and Fowler 1902
genusEchiodonThompson 1837

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. Echiodon Thompson 1837
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†Echiodon heinzelini Huyghebaert and Nolf 1979
†Echiodon pegasus Markle and Olney 1990
†Echiodon teres Schwarzhans 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: parasiteo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:30:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:30:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Duntroonian to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) E. pegasus (219611)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Hungary E. sp. (184477 187352)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) E. nuntius (32012)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France E. sp. (219194)
Chattian - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Greece (Greneva) E. heinzelini (222448)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France E. heinzelini (219195)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (North Island) E. teres (219517)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France E. heinzelini (219196)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) E. teres (219318 219341 219593 219594 219597 219598 219599 219609 219621 219622)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) E. teres (219523 219524 219525 219526)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France E. heinzelini (219197)
Clifdenian15.9 - 15.1New Zealand (South Island) E. teres (219274 219276 219623)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Czechia (Mikulov) E. sp. (161993)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece (Crete) E. sp. (207587)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy E. heinzelini (78437)
Kapitean7.2 - 5.333New Zealand (North Island) E. pegasus (219555)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sicily) E. drummondii (223703 223704)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Jamaica E. sp. (186673)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece (Crete) E. dentatus (207357)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) E. dentatus (207571)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy E. dentatus (159378)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy E. dentatus (159140)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) E. sp. (161932)