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Coelodus saturnus

Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy
Coelodus saturnus was named by Haeckel (1856). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Komen, which is in a Turonian/Santonian marginal marine horizon in Slovenia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Coelodus rosthorni Haeckel
1856Coelodus saturnus Haeckel
1856Coelodus suillus Haeckel
1856Coelodus suillus Heckel
1882Coelodus suillus Bassani p. 201
1895Coelodus suillus Gorjanović-Kramberger p. 28 figs. Pl 6, fig 5
1895Coelodus saturnus Gorjanović-Kramberger p. 31
1902Coelodus saturnus Hay p. 373
2002Coelodus saturnus Poyato-Ariza and Wenz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
suborderPycnodontoidei
superfamilyPycnodontoidea
familyPycnodontidae()
genusCoelodusHaeckel 1854
speciessaturnusHaeckel 1856

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.

Coelodus saturnus Haeckel 1856
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Invalid names: Coelodus rosthorni Haeckel 1854 [synonym], Coelodus suillus Haeckel 1856 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:40:08
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:04:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Santonian or 100.50000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Croatia Coelodus saturnus (221235)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Slovenia Coelodus suillus (221237)
Turonian - Santonian93.9 - 83.6Slovenia Coelodus saturnus (type locality: 239771)