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Hypsocorminae

Osteichthyes - Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae

Taxonomy
Hypsocorminae was named by Vetter (1881). Its type is Hypsocormus.

It was assigned to Pachycormidae by Cooper et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Hypsocorminae Vetter
2022Hypsocorminae Cooper et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—AspidorhyncheiNelson et al. 2016
orderPachycormiformesBerg 1940
familyPachycormidaeWoodward 1895
subfamilyHypsocorminaeVetter 1881
subfamilyHypsocorminaeVetter 1881

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.

Subfm. †Hypsocorminae Vetter 1881
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G. †Hypsocormus Wagner 1863
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†Hypsocormus insignis Wagner 1860
†Hypsocormus posterodorsalis Maxwell et al. 2020
†Hypsocormus tenuirostris Woodward 1889
G. †Kaykay Gouiric-Cavalli and Arratia 2022
G. †Orthocormus Weitzel 1930
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†Orthocormus cornutus Weitzel 1930
†Orthocormus roeperi Arratia and Schultze 2013
†Orthocormus tyleri Lambers 1988
G. †Protosphyraena Leidy 1857
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†Protosphyraena bentoniana Stewart 1898
†Protosphyraena ferox Leidy 1857
†Protosphyraena gibberula Agassiz 1837
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Invalid names: Ptychodus arcuatus Agassiz 1837 [synonym]
†Protosphyraena nitida Cope 1873
†Protosphyraena tenuirostris Woodward 1895
†Protosphyraena tenuis Loomis 1900
†Protosphyraena terminalis Kanarkina et al. 2025
Invalid names: Australopachycormus Kear 2007 [synonym]
G. †Simocormus Maxwell et al. 2020
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†Simocormus macrolepidotus Maxwell et al. 2020
Invalid names: Hypsocormus macrodon Wagner 1863 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2009-07-20 21:09:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:09:52
Source: f = family, o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 205.70000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Hypsocormus sp. (22684)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Chile Hypsocormus sp. (215835)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Hypsocormus macrodon (154138) Orthocormus sp., Hypsocormus posterodorsalis (41817)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France (Aquitaine) Hypsocormus n. sp. (94532)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Eastern Bavaria) Orthocormus roeperi (187436)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) Hypsocormus sp. (130762)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Protosphyraena sp. (241457)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Russian Federation Protosphyraena gibberula (239000 239001)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Protosphyraena ferox (94253)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) Protosphyraena sp. (73862)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Russian Federation (Kursk) Protosphyraena ferox, Protosphyraena tenuirostris (239002)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) Protosphyraena sp. (213416 213418 213419)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy Protosphyraena ferox (214600)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Protosphyraena sp. (132505)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (South Dakota) Protosphyraena sp. (117819)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain (Asturias) Protosphyraena sp. (98396)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Protosphyraena sp. (22731 52997)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Nebraska) Protosphyraena sp. (239336)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Protosphyraena sp. (35429 213403)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) Protosphyraena sp. (83071 94538)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Protosphyraena ferox (238510)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Protosphyraena ferox (213123)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Nebraska) Protosphyraena sp. (213389)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) Protosphyraena sp. (213387)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Protosphyraena ferox (242199)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7USA (Texas) Protosphyraena sp. (107425)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (Texas) Protosphyraena perniciosa (241388)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France (Somme) Protosphyraena ferox (141941)
Middle Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Protosphyraena sp. (241665)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Protosphyraena tenuis (94652)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Alabama) Protosphyraena sp., Protosphyraena nitida (81928)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Russian Federation (Orenburg) Protosphyraena sp. (232890)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Protosphyraena sp. (81931 81972)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Protosphyraena sp. (81930)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Skåne) Protosphyraena sp. (74334 74335 102883)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Manitoba) Protosphyraena sp. (36707)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) Protosphyraena sp. (128412)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Protosphyraena sp. (213580 213582 213585 213589 213593 213618 213620)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jordan Protosphyraena libyea (36256)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium Protosphyraena terminalis (239003)