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Portheus
Taxonomy
Portheus was named by Cope (1871). Its type is Portheus molossus.
It was assigned to Chirocentridae by Woodward (1901); to Ichthyodectinae by Hay (1902); to Ichthyodectidae by Weiler (1935); and to Ichthyodectiformes by Cione and Cozzuol (1990).
It was assigned to Chirocentridae by Woodward (1901); to Ichthyodectinae by Hay (1902); to Ichthyodectidae by Weiler (1935); and to Ichthyodectiformes by Cione and Cozzuol (1990).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1871 | Portheus Cope p. 175 |
| 1901 | Portheus Woodward p. 92 |
| 1902 | Portheus Hay p. 383 |
| 1935 | Portheus Weiler p. 39 |
| 1990 | Portheus Cione and Cozzuol p. 452 |
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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.
G. †Portheus Cope 1871
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†Portheus daviesi Newton 1877
†Portheus gaultinus Newton 1877
†Portheus jaxarticus Riabinin 1938
†Portheus mantelli Newton 1877
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Campanian or 100.50000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Egypt | P. sp. (214404) | |
| Coniacian - Santonian | Kazakhstan (Turkistan) | P. sp. (53132) | |
| Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | P. sp. (105717) | |
| Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | P. sp. (123474) |