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Gyrodus hexagonus
Taxonomy
Stromateus hexagonus was named by Blainville (1818). It is the type species of Gyrodus.
It was recombined as Microdon hexagonus by Agassiz (1833), Agassiz (1842), Agassiz (1843); it was recombined as Gyrodus hexagonus by Poyato-Ariza and Wenz (2002).
It was recombined as Microdon hexagonus by Agassiz (1833), Agassiz (1842), Agassiz (1843); it was recombined as Gyrodus hexagonus by Poyato-Ariza and Wenz (2002).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1818 | Stromateus hexagonus Blainville |
| 1833 | Microdon hexagonus Agassiz p. 16 |
| 1842 | Microdon hexagonus Agassiz figs. Pl 69c, figs 4,5 |
| 1843 | Microdon hexagonus Agassiz p. 206 |
| 2002 | Gyrodus hexagonus Poyato-Ariza and Wenz |
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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.
†Gyrodus hexagonus Blainville 1818
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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 Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 157.90000 to 149.20000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oxfordian | Spain | Gyrodus hexagonus (151899) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Eastern Bavaria) | Gyrodus hexagonus (187436) |