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Alepisauroidea
Taxonomy
Alepisauroidea was named by Davis (2010).
It was assigned to Alepisauroidei by Nazarkin (2016), Suzuki (2018) and Ebersole et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Alepisauroidei by Nazarkin (2016), Suzuki (2018) and Ebersole et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2010 | Alepisauroidea Davis |
2016 | Alepisauroidea Nazarkin p. 830 |
2018 | Alepisauroidea Suzuki |
2022 | Alepisauroidea Ebersole et al. p. 391 |
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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.
Superfm. †Alepisauroidea Davis 2010
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Fm. Alepisauridae [lancetfish]
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G. Alepisaurus
G. †Apatodus
G. Omosudis Günther 1887 [hammerjaw]
Fm. †Enchodontidae Woodward 1901
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G. †Enchodus Agassiz 1835
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†Cybium (Enchodus) bleekeri Storms 1892
†Enchodus amicrodus Stewart 1898
†Enchodus anceps Cope 1872
†Enchodus brevis Chalifa 1989
†Enchodus calliodon Cope 1872
†Enchodus carinatus Cope 1869
†Enchodus dirus Leidy 1857
†Enchodus dolichus Cope 1875
†Enchodus elegans Dartevelle and Casier 1949
†Enchodus faujasi Agassiz 1843
†Enchodus ferox Leidy 1855
†Enchodus gentryi Cope 1875
†Enchodus gladiolus Cope 1872
†Enchodus gracilis der Marck 1858
†Enchodus lamberti Arambourg and Joleaud 1943
†Enchodus lemonnieri Dello 1893
†Enchodus lewesiensis Mantell 1822
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Invalid names: Enchodus annectens Woodward 1901 [synonym], Enchodus halocyon Agassiz 1835 [synonym]
†Enchodus longidens Pictet 1850
†Enchodus longipectoralis Schaeffer 1947
†Enchodus major Davis 1887
†Enchodus marchesettii Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895
†Enchodus mecoanalis Forey et al. 2003
†Enchodus oliveirai Maury 1930
†Enchodus oxytomus Cope 1875
†Enchodus parvus Stewart 1898
†Enchodus petrosus Cope 1874
†Enchodus pressidens Cope 1889
†Enchodus recurvus Davis 1887
†Enchodus saevus Hay 1903
†Enchodus semistriatus Marsh 1869
†Enchodus shumardi Leidy 1856
†Enchodus subaequilateralis Cope 1885
†Enchodus tetraecus Cope 1875
†Enchodus tineidae Holloway et al. 2017
†Enchodus venator Arambourg 1954
†Enchodus zipapanensis Fielitz and González-Rodríguez 2010
Invalid names: Ischyrocephalus von der Marck 1858 [synonym], Tetheodus Cope 1874 [synonym]
Subfm. †Eurypholinae Fielitz 2004
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Fm. †Polymerichthyidae Uyeno 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Messinian or 122.46000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma
Collections (229 total)
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Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Aptian | Mexico (Chiapas) | Enchodontidae indet. (68835) | |
Aptian - Albian | Equatorial Guinea | Enchodus sp. (129869) | |
Late/Upper Aptian | USA (Texas) | Enchodus sp. (14408) | |
Albian | USA (Texas) | Enchodus sp. (27613) | |
Albian - Cenomanian | Mexico (Hidalgo) | Enchodus zipapanensis (135815) | |
Late/Upper Albian | Brazil | Enchodus longipectoralis (195791) | |
Cenomanian | Brazil (Maranhão) | Enchodontidae indet. (67225) | |
Cenomanian | Libya (Awbari) | Enchodontidae indet. (45725) | |
Cenomanian | Venezuela (Trujillo) | Enchodontidae indet. (176561) | |
Cenomanian | USA (Arkansas) | Enchodus petrosus (223862) | |
Late/Upper Cretaceous | Brazil (Pernambuco) | Enchodus subaequilateralis (167994) | |
Late/Upper Cretaceous | Japan (Fukushima) | Enchodus sp. (72267) | |
Late/Upper Cretaceous | Niger (Zinder) | Enchodus lamberti (75235 75236 75243 75255 75256 75258) | |
Senonian - Maastrichtian | Jordan | Enchodus libyeus (36256) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Enchodus sp. (77232) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Mexico (Chiapas) | Enchodus sp., Enchodus sp. 2, Enchodus sp. 1, Unicachichthys multidentata, Dagon avendanoi, Vegrandichthys coitecus (192074) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Egypt (Matruh) | Enchodus sp. A, Enchodus sp. B (84550) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Utah) | Enchodontidae indet. (200123) Enchodus sp. (22679) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Palestinian Territory | Enchodus brevis (11804) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Uzbekistan (Navoi) | Enchodontidae indet. (58208) |