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Gyrodus cuvieri

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Gyrodontidae

Taxonomy
Gyrodus cuvieri was named by Agassiz (1833).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. montmejai, G. oltis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Gyrodus cuvieri Agassiz p. 16
1839Gyrodus cuvieri Agassiz figs. Pl 69a, figs 21-23
1843Gyrodus cuvieri Agassiz p. 230

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
suborderGyrodontoidei
familyGyrodontidaeBerg 1940
genusGyrodus
speciescuvieri

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.

†Gyrodus cuvieri Agassiz 1833
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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: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:40:08
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:04:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Aquitaine) Gyrodus cuvieri (94532)