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Arotus

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Arotus was named by Cope (1877).

It was assigned to Holostei by Gardner et al. (2025).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Arotus Cope
2025Arotus Gardner et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
genusArotusCope 1877

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.

G. †Arotus Cope 1877
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Arotus hieroglyphus Cope 1876
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Tiffanian or 100.50000 to 57.50000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan) A. hieroglyphus (58466)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Uzbekistan (Navoi) A. hieroglyphus (93204)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Ceratodus hieroglyphus (276608)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) A. hieroglyphus (47814 67881 67883)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) A. hieroglyphus (45561 45564 45566 45820)
Ti460.9 - 57.5Canada (Saskatchewan) A. hieroglyphus (14978)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5Canada (Alberta) A. hieroglyphus (15005)