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Spaniodontidae

Osteichthyes - Osmeriformes - Spaniodontidae

Taxonomy
Spaniodontidae was named by Jordan (1905). It is not extant. Its type is Spaniodon.

It was assigned to Osmeriformes by van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa
Spaniodon (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Spaniodontidae Jordan
2019Spaniodontidae van der Laan p. 69

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—Stomiati
orderOsmeriformes
familySpaniodontidaeJordan 1905
familySpaniodontidaeJordan 1905

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.

Fm. †Spaniodontidae Jordan 1905
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G. †Spaniodon Pictet 1850
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†Spaniodon blondelii Pictet 1850
†Spaniodon brevis Pictet and Humbert 1866
†Spaniodon electus Davis 1887
†Spaniodon elongatus Pictet 1850
†Spaniodon latus Agassiz 1839
†Spaniodon lepturus von der Marck 1894
†Spaniodon simus Cope 1878
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:31:28
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:33:09
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 100.50000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Clupea lata (69118) Spaniodon simus (221231)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Lebanon Spaniodon blondelii (221188) Spaniodon blondelii, Spaniodon electus (170327) Spaniodon elongatus, Clupea lata (221187) Spaniodon elongatus, Spaniodon brevis (221226) Spaniodon elongatus, Spaniodon latus (92241 221174) Spaniodon latus (221175)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Spaniodon lepturus (221717)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Iran Spaniodon opisthodon, Spaniodon squamigera (77215)