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Saurichthys
Taxonomy
Saurichthys was named by Agassiz (1834). It is the type genus of Saurichthyidae.
It was assigned to Belonorhynchidae by Sahni and Chhabra (1976); to Saurichthidae by Chhabra and Mishra (2002); to Actinopterygii by Bender and Hancox (2004); and to Saurichthyidae by Lehman (1952), Lehman et al. (1959), Gardiner (1960), Beltan (1968), Beltan (1972), Uyeno (1978), Rieppel (1985), Mishra et al. (1990), Sytchevskaya (1999), Cartanyà (1999), Mutter et al. (2008), Renesto and Stockar (2009), Tintori et al. (2014), Kogan and Romano (2016), Tintori et al. (2016), Romano et al. (2016) and Wu et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Belonorhynchidae by Sahni and Chhabra (1976); to Saurichthidae by Chhabra and Mishra (2002); to Actinopterygii by Bender and Hancox (2004); and to Saurichthyidae by Lehman (1952), Lehman et al. (1959), Gardiner (1960), Beltan (1968), Beltan (1972), Uyeno (1978), Rieppel (1985), Mishra et al. (1990), Sytchevskaya (1999), Cartanyà (1999), Mutter et al. (2008), Renesto and Stockar (2009), Tintori et al. (2014), Kogan and Romano (2016), Tintori et al. (2016), Romano et al. (2016) and Wu et al. (2018).
Species
S. (Costasaurichthys), S. (Eosaurichthys), S. (Lepidosaurichthys), S. (Sinosaurichthys), S. aculeatus, S. apicalis, S. breviabdominalis, S. calcaratus, S. curionii, S. daubreei, S. dawaziensis, S. deperditus (syn. S. krambergeri), S. dongusensis, S. eximius, S. gigas, S. gracilis (syn. Belonorhynchus gracilis), S. grignae, S. gypsophilus, S. hamiltoni, S. huanshenensis, S. indicus, S. irregularis, S. latifrons, S. lepidosteoides, S. longidens, S. macrocephalus (syn. Belonorhynchus robustus), S. majiashanensis, S. nepalensis, S. obrutchevi, S. orientalis, S. parvidens, S. piveteaui, S. proximus, S. sceltrichensis, S. seefeldensis, S. semicostatus, S. spinosa, S. stensioi, S. striatulus, S. striolatus (syn. Belonorhynchus striolatus), S. subulatus, S. tenuirostris, S. tertius, S. ultimus, S. vjuschkovi, S. wimani, S. yangjuanensis, S. yunnanensis
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1834 | Saurichthys Agassiz p. 386 |
| 1857 | Ichthyorhynchus Bellotti |
| 1952 | Saurichthys Lehman p. 113 |
| 1959 | Saurichthys Lehman et al. p. 185 figs. pl. IIIc, pl. IVA-C, pl. V figs. 5-7 |
| 1960 | Saurichthys Gardiner p. 271 |
| 1968 | Saurichthys Beltan p. 34 |
| 1972 | Saurichthys Beltan p. 303 |
| 1976 | Saurichthys Sahni and Chhabra p. 221 |
| 1978 | Saurichthys Uyeno p. 197 |
| 1985 | Saurichthys Rieppel p. 8 |
| 1990 | Saurichthys Mishra et al. pp. 73-75 |
| 1999 | Saurichthys Cartanyà p. 541 |
| 1999 | Saurichthys Sytchevskaya p. 465 |
| 2002 | Saurichthys Chhabra and Mishra p. 153 |
| 2004 | Saurichthys Bender and Hancox p. 186 |
| 2008 | Saurichthys Mutter et al. p. 105 |
| 2009 | Saurichthys Renesto and Stockar p. 325 |
| 2014 | Saurichthys Tintori et al. p. 158 |
| 2016 | Saurichthys Kogan and Romano p. 209 |
| 2016 | Saurichthys Romano et al. p. 278 |
| 2016 | Saurichthys Tintori et al. p. 189 |
| 2018 | Saurichthys Wu et al. p. 276 |
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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. †Saurichthys Agassiz 1834
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Subg. †Saurichthys (Costasaurichthys) Tintori 2013
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†Saurichthys (Costasaurichthys) costasquamosus Rieppel 1985
†Saurichthys (Costasaurichthys) paucitrichus Rieppel 1992
Subg. †Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) Liu and Wei 1988
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†Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) chaoi Liu and Wei 1988
†Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) madagascariensis Piveteau 1945
Subg. †Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) Tintori 2013
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†Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) dayi Raymond 1925
†Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) elongatus Stensiö 1925
†Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) ornatus Stensiö 1925
†Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) toxolepis Mutter et al. 2008
Subg. †Saurichthys (Sinosaurichthys) Wu et al. 2011
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†Saurichthys (Sinosaurichthys) longipectoralis Wu et al. 2011
†Sinosaurichthys longimedialis Wu et al. 2011
†Sinosaurichthys minuta Wu et al. 2011
†Saurichthys aculeatus Henry 1876
†Saurichthys apicalis Agassiz 1834
†Saurichthys breviabdominalis Maxwell 2015
†Saurichthys calcaratus Griffith 1977
†Saurichthys curionii Bellotti 1857
†Saurichthys daubreei Firtion 1934
†Saurichthys dawaziensis Wu et al. 2009
†Saurichthys deperditus Costa 1862
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Invalid names: Saurichthys krambergeri Schlosser 1918 [synonym]
†Saurichthys dongusensis Minikh 1992
†Saurichthys eximius Minikh 1982
†Saurichthys gigas Woodward 1890
†Saurichthys gracilis Woodward 1890
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Invalid names: Belonorhynchus gracilis Woodward 1890 [synonym]
†Saurichthys grignae Tintori 2013
†Saurichthys gypsophilus Reis 1892
†Saurichthys hamiltoni Stensiö 1925
†Saurichthys huanshenensis Chou and Liu 1957
†Saurichthys indicus Koninck 1863
†Saurichthys irregularis Oertle 1928
†Saurichthys latifrons Frech 1903
†Saurichthys lepidosteoides Frech 1903
†Saurichthys longidens Agassiz 1843
†Saurichthys macrocephalus Deecke 1889
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Invalid names: Belonorhynchus robustus Bassani 1886 [synonym]
†Saurichthys majiashanensis Tintori et al. 2014
†Saurichthys nepalensis Beltan and Janvier 1978
†Saurichthys obrutchevi Minikh 1982
†Saurichthys orientalis Sytchevskaya 1999
†Saurichthys parvidens Woodward 1890
†Saurichthys piveteaui Beltan 1968
†Saurichthys proximus Minikh 1982
†Saurichthys sceltrichensis Renesto et al. 2021
†Saurichthys seefeldensis Beltan and Tintori 1980
†Saurichthys semicostatus Münster 1839
†Saurichthys spinosa Wu et al. 2018
†Saurichthys stensioi Lehman 1952
†Saurichthys striatulus Henry 1876
†Saurichthys subulatus Henry 1876
†Saurichthys tenuirostris Münster 1839
†Saurichthys tertius Minikh 1982
†Saurichthys ultimus Minikh 1992
†Saurichthys vjuschkovi Minikh 1983
†Saurichthys wimani Woodward 1912
†Saurichthys yangjuanensis Wu et al. 2015
†Saurichthys yunnanensis Zhang et al. 2010
Invalid names: Ichthyorhynchus Bellotti 1857 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Devyatov et al. 2005, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections (181 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | S. sp. (93027) | |
| Vyatkian | Russian Federation (Vladimir) | S. sp. (86346) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Zhejiang) | Eosaurichthys chaoi (123424) | |
| Induan | Australia (Tasmania) | S. sp. (136589 136590 136591) | |
| Griesbachian | Greenland | S. dayi (122049 122050) | |
| Griesbachian - Spathian | Canada (British Columbia) | S. dayi, S. toxolepis (148841 148842 148843) | |
| Smithian | USA (Nevada) | S. sp. (188754) | |
| Smithian | Norway (Svalbard) | S. ornatus, S. wimani (103365) | |
| Smithian | Canada (British Columbia) | S. sp. (90301 153369) | |
| Smithian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | S. elongatus (120229 120376 120377) S. elongatus, S. wimani (120372) S. ornatus, Belonorhynchus wimani (120367) S. ornatus, S. elongatus (120296) S. ornatus, S. elongatus, S. hamiltoni (120228 120232) S. ornatus, S. elongatus, S. hamiltoni, S. wimani (120231) S. ornatus, S. elongatus, S. wimani (120366) S. ornatus, S. wimani (120305) S. sp. (120230) S. sp., S. ornatus, S. elongatus (120375) S. wimani (120304) | |
| Smithian | USA (Idaho) | S. elongatus (133735) | |
| Smithian | Canada (Alberta) | Belonorhynchus dayi (122046) | |
| Spathian | China (Anhui) | S. sp. (155584) | |
| Spathian - Bithynian | Australia (New South Wales) | Belonorhynchus gracilis (131926) | |
| Olenekian | Russian Federation (Samara) | S. proximus (195786) | |
| Olenekian | Nepal | S. nepalensis (198267) | |
| Olenekian | India | S. sp. (130313) | |
| Olenekian | Russian Federation (Yaroslavl) | S. eximius, S. obrutchevi, S. proximus, S. tertius (105043) | |
| Olenekian | Russian Federation (Volgograd) | S. sp. (27343) | |
| Olenekian | South Africa (Free State) | S. sp. (98617) | |
| Dienerian | Madagascar (Diana) | S. madagascariensis (153773) | |
| Dienerian | Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) | S. madagascariensis (120933) S. sp., S. madagascariensis (154183) | |
| Dienerian | Madagascar | S. madagascariensis (153373) S. sp., S. madagascariensis, S. piveteaui (153683) S. sp., S. madagascariensis, S. stensioi (153378) | |
| Dienerian | India | S. sp. (181393) | |
| Dienerian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | S. sp. (118074) | |
| Aegean | France | S. daubreei (154038) | |
| Aegean - Bithynian | Slovenia | S. sp. (166625) | |
| Anisian | India (Andhra Pradesh) | S. madagascariensis (116354) | |
| Anisian | Germany | S. apicalis (149468) S. apicalis, S. semicostatus (149466) | |
| Anisian | India (Uttaranchal) | S. apicalis (153318) | |
| Anisian | Germany (Thuringia) | S. apicalis (149469) | |
| Anisian | Poland | S. sp. (63538) | |
| Anisian | Turkey | S. sp. (98012) | |
| Bithynian | USA (Nevada) | S. sp. (93564) | |
| Illyrian | Italy | Belonorhynchus striolatus, Belonorhynchus robustus (149323) | |
| Illyrian | Switzerland | Belonorhynchus robustus (117994) S. curionii (153623 153624 153626 153627 153628 153629) S. curionii, S. macrocephalus (153625) S. macrocephalus (153633) | |
| Illyrian | Israel | S. sp. (149344) | |
| Illyrian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | S. sp. (139348) | |
| Pelsonian | Slovenia | S. sp. (166628) | |
| Pelsonian | Austria | S. sp. (99797) | |
| Pelsonian | Italy | S. sp. (154334) | |
| Pelsonian | China (Yunnan) | S. dawaziensis, Sinosaurichthys longimedialis (146381) S. spinosa (146382) Sinosaurichthys minuta (131077) | |
| Pelsonian | China (Guizhou) | Sinosaurichthys longipectoralis (131076) | |
| Pelsonian | China | S. spinosa (117939) | |
| Anisian - Ladinian | USA (Nevada) | S. sp. (102378) | |
| Anisian - Ladinian | France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) | S. sp. (31769) S. sp., S. apicalis (31768) | |
| Illyrian - Fassanian | Germany | S. apicalis, S. semicostatus (149465) | |
| Ladinian | Germany | S. apicalis (149467) S. semicostatus (149470) | |
| Ladinian | Hungary | S. sp. (99503) | |
| Ladinian | Saudi Arabia | S. sp. (149547 149548 149549) | |
| Ladinian | Switzerland | S. sceltrichensis (180686) | |
| Ladinian | Spain | S. costasquamosus (148736 148737) S. costasquamosus, S. curionii (148734 148735 148738) S. curionii (148739) S. sp. (149852) S. sp., S. costasquamosus (148741) S. sp., S. costasquamosus, S. curionii (148740) | |
| Fassanian | Switzerland (Ticino) | S. costasquamosus (86834 86836) S. curionii (44709) | |
| Fassanian | Switzerland | S. costasquamosus, S. curionii (153375) S. curionii (180508) S. sp. (153376) S. spp. (122066 180491 180492 180493 180495 180496 180497 180498 180499 180500 180501 180502 180503 180504 180505 180506 180507 180509 180512 180513 180514 180515 180516) | |
| Fassanian | Italy | S. grignae (119868) | |
| Longobardian | Turkey | S. sp. (120903) | |
| Longobardian | Slovenia | S. sp. (166632) | |
| Longobardian | Italy (Lecco) | Belonorhynchus macrocephalus (120901) | |
| Longobardian | Spain (Tarragona) | S. sp. (109710) | |
| Longobardian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | S. sp. (101875) | |
| Longobardian | Italy | Belonorhynchus robustus (153401) | |
| Ladinian - Carnian | Kyrgyzstan | S. orientalis (217301) | |
| Ladinian - Carnian | Spain (Catalonia) | S. sp. (148733) | |
| Carnian | Kyrgyzstan (Ösh) | S. orientalis (200781) | |
| Carnian | Hungary | S. sp. (156154) | |
| Julian | Austria | S. calcaratus (118111) | |
| Julian | Italy | Belonorhynchus striolatus (122164 122165 122166 122360 122361) | |
| Norian | USA (Arizona) | S. sp. (196662) | |
| Norian | Russian Federation (Nenets) | S. sp. (103802) | |
| Norian | Greenland (East Greenland) | S. sp. (26995) | |
| Norian - Rhaetian | Belgium | S. longidens (131520) | |
| Alaunian | Austria | S. deperditus (207547) | |
| Alaunian | Luxembourg (Diekirch) | S. sp. (56047) | |
| Alaunian | Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) | S. sp. (83370 83417) | |
| Alaunian | Italy | Giffonus deperditus (153108) | |
| Rhaetian | France (Lorraine) | S. sp. (36106 92109) | |
| Rhaetian | Netherlands | S. longidens (137658 137660) | |
| Rhaetian | Austria | S. krambergeri (130651) | |
| Rhaetian | France (Franche-Comté) | S. aculeatus (149398) S. striatulus, S. subulatus (149401 149402 149404) | |
| Rhaetian | Germany (Westphalia) | S. sp. (218156) | |
| Rhaetian | France | S. sp. (149372) | |
| Rhaetian | Slovakia | S. longidens (149495) | |
| Rhaetian | France (Franch-Comté) | S. sp. (60541) | |
| Rhaetian | Poland | S. longidens (124679) | |
| Rhaetian | Belgium (Gaume) | S. longidens (139198 139199 139202 139204) | |
| Rhaetian | France (Jura) | S. sp. (60566 60567 60568) | |
| Rhaetian | United Kingdom (England) | S. apicalis (96615 96617) S. longidens (53829 120897) S. sp. (96613) | |
| Rhaetian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | S. sp. (131422) | |
| Bathonian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | S. apicalis (40696 105872) |