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Atractosteus spatula
Taxonomy
Lepisosteus spatula was named by Lacepede (1803).
It was recombined as Atractosteus spatula by Jordan et al. (1930), Grande (2010).
It was recombined as Atractosteus spatula by Jordan et al. (1930), Grande (2010).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1803 | Lepisosteus spatula Lacepede |
| 1930 | Atractosteus spatula Jordan et al. p. 38 |
| 2010 | Atractosteus spatula Grande |
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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.
†Atractosteus spatula Lacepede 1803
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the Rancholabrean or 46.20000 to 0.01400 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Uintan - Duchesnean | USA (California) | Lepisosteus spatula (16533) | |
| Aquitanian | USA (Texas) | Atractosteus spatula (18663) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Atractosteus spatula (18284) | |
| Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Atractosteus spatula (18554) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Atractosteus spatula (20400 58089) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Atractosteus spatula (20440) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Texas) | Lepisosteus spatula (93103) |