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Saurichthys

Osteichthyes - Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

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), Wu et al. (2018).

Species
Brevisaurichthys osseus, S. (Costasaurichthys), S. (Eosaurichthys) chaoi, S. (Eosaurichthys) madagascariensis, S. (Lepidosaurichthys), S. (Sinosaurichthys) longipectoralis, 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, Sinosaurichthys longimedialis, Sinosaurichthys minuta, Systolichthys catalaunicus
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2005-03-25; modified by M. Clapham on 2021-08-01

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Saurichthys Agassiz p. 386
1857Ichthyorhynchus Bellotti
1873Stylorhynchus Martin
1952Saurichthys Lehman p. 113
1959Saurichthys Lehman et al. p. 185 figs. pl. IIIc, pl. IVA-C, pl. V figs. 5-7
1960Saurichthys Gardiner p. 271
1968Saurichthys Beltan p. 34
1972Brevisaurichthys Beltan p. 303
1972Saurichthys Beltan p. 303
1972Systolichthys Beltan p. 303
1976Saurichthys Sahni and Chhabra p. 221
1978Saurichthys Uyeno p. 197
1984Brevisaurichthys Beltan p. 123
1985Saurichthys Rieppel p. 8
1988Eosaurichthys Liu and Wei p. 78
1990Saurichthys Mishra et al. pp. 73-75
1999Saurichthys Cartanyà p. 541
1999Saurichthys Sytchevskaya p. 465
2002Saurichthys Chhabra and Mishra p. 153
2002Eosaurichthys Sepkoski
2004Saurichthys Bender and Hancox p. 186
2008Saurichthys Mutter et al. p. 105
2009Saurichthys Renesto and Stockar p. 325
2011Sinosaurichthys Wu et al. p. 583
2013Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) Tintori p. 291
2013Saurichthys (Sinosaurichthys) Tintori p. 291
2014Saurichthys Tintori et al. p. 158
2016Saurichthys Kogan and Romano p. 209
2016Saurichthys Romano et al. p. 278
2016Saurichthys Tintori et al. p. 189
2018Saurichthys Wu et al. p. 276

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
orderSaurichthyiformes
familySaurichthyidaeStensiö 1925
genusSaurichthys

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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†Saurichthys aculeatus Henry 1876
†Saurichthys apicalis Agassiz 1834
†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 hamiltoni Stensiö 1925
†Saurichthys huanshenensis Chou and Liu 1957
†Saurichthys indicus Koninck 1863
†Saurichthys irregularis Oertle 1928
†Saurichthys latifrons Frech 1903
†Saurichthys longidens Agassiz 1843
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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 striolatus Bronn 1858
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Invalid names: Belonorhynchus striolatus Bronn 1858 [synonym]
†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: Brevisaurichthys Beltan 1972 [synonym], Eosaurichthys Liu and Wei 1988 [synonym], Ichthyorhynchus Bellotti 1857 [synonym], Sinosaurichthys Wu et al. 2011 [synonym], Stylorhynchus Martin 1873 [synonym], Systolichthys Beltan 1972 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2013-12-05 19:36:26
Modified: 2013-12-06 11:31:35
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Devyatov et al. 2005, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Vyatkian to the top of the Bathonian or 259.51000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (186 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 256.8Russian Federation (Orenburg) S. sp. (93027)
Vyatkian259.51 - 256.8Russian Federation (Vladimir) S. sp. (86346)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Eosaurichthys chaoi (123424)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Greenland S. dayi (122049 122050)
Induan251.902 - 249.9Australia (Tasmania) S. sp. (136589 136590 136591)
Griesbachian - Spathian251.902 - 246.7Canada (British Columbia) S. dayi, S. toxolepis (148841 148842 148843)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9India S. sp. (181393)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Madagascar (Diana) S. madagascariensis (153773)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Madagascar S. madagascariensis (153373) S. sp., S. madagascariensis, S. piveteaui (153683) S. sp., S. madagascariensis, S. stensioi (153378)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) S. madagascariensis (120933) S. sp., S. madagascariensis (154183)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Svalbard and Jan Mayen S. sp. (118074)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Nevada) S. sp. (188754)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Norway (Svalbard) S. ornatus, S. wimani (103365)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Idaho) S. elongatus (133735)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Canada (Alberta) Belonorhynchus dayi (122046)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Svalbard 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)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Canada (British Columbia) S. sp. (90301 153369)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7India S. sp. (130313)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7South Africa (Free State) S. sp. (98617)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Nepal S. nepalensis (198267)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Samara) S. proximus (195786)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Yaroslavl) S. eximius, S. obrutchevi, S. proximus, S. tertius (105043)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Volgograd) S. sp. (27343)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Anhui) S. sp. (155584)
Spathian - Bithynian248.1 - 244.24Australia (New South Wales) Belonorhynchus gracilis (131926)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99France S. daubreei (154038)
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24Slovenia S. sp. (166625)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Türkiye S. sp. (98012)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany S. apicalis (149468) S. apicalis, S. semicostatus (149466)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Thuringia) S. apicalis (149469)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Poland S. sp. (63538)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464India (Uttaranchal) S. apicalis (153318)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464India (Andhra Pradesh) S. madagascariensis (116354)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) S. sp. (31769) S. sp., S. apicalis (31768)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0USA (Nevada) S. sp. (102378)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24USA (Nevada) S. sp. (93564)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33China (Yunnan) S. dawaziensis, Sinosaurichthys longimedialis (146381) S. spinosa (146382) Sinosaurichthys minuta (131077)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33China S. spinosa (117939)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Germany (Bayern) S. apicalis (277683)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Slovenia S. sp. (166628)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33China (Guizhou) Sinosaurichthys longipectoralis (131076)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Italy S. sp. (154334)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Austria S. sp. (99797)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy Belonorhynchus striolatus, Belonorhynchus robustus (149323) S. sp. (278903)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Switzerland Belonorhynchus robustus (117994) S. curionii (153623 153624 153626 153627 153628 153629) S. curionii, S. macrocephalus (153625) S. macrocephalus (153633)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Germany (Niedersachsen) S. sp. (139348)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Israel S. sp. (149344)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Germany S. apicalis, S. semicostatus (149465)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Switzerland S. costasquamosus, S. curionii (153375) S. curionii (180508) S. sp. (153376) S. spp. (122066 180491 180492 180493 180494 180495 180496 180497 180498 180499 180500 180501 180502 180503 180504 180505 180506 180507 180509 180512 180513 180514 180515 180516)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Italy S. grignae (119868)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Switzerland (Ticino) S. costasquamosus (86834 86836) S. curionii (44709)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Hungary S. sp. (99503)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Saudi Arabia S. sp. (149547 149548 149549)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Switzerland S. sceltrichensis (180686)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany S. apicalis (149467) S. semicostatus (149470)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Spain Brevisaurichthys sp. (153774) S. costasquamosus (148736 148737) S. costasquamosus, S. curionii (148734 148735 148738) S. curionii (148739) S. sp., Brevisaurichthys sp., Brevisaurichthys osseus, Systolichthys sp., Systolichthys catalaunicus (149852) S. sp., S. costasquamosus (148741) S. sp., S. costasquamosus, S. curionii (148740)
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Kyrgyzstan S. orientalis (217301)
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Spain (Catalonia) S. sp. (148733)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy (Lecco) Belonorhynchus macrocephalus (120901)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy Belonorhynchus robustus (153401) S. sp. (276191)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) S. sp. (101875)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Slovenia S. sp. (166632)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Türkiye S. sp. (120903)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Spain (Tarragona) S. sp., Brevisaurichthys osseus, Systolichthys catalaunicus (109710)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Belonorhynchus striolatus (122164 122165 122166 122360 122361)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Austria S. calcaratus (118111)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Hungary S. sp. (156154)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Kyrgyzstan (Ösh) S. orientalis (200781)
Lacian - Alaunian227.3 - 211.18Russian Federation (Nenets) S. sp. (103802)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Greenland (East Greenland) S. sp. (26995)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Arizona) S. sp. (196662)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Belgium S. longidens (131520)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Austria S. deperditus (207547)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Italy Giffonus deperditus (153108)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Luxembourg (Diekirch) S. sp. (56047)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) S. sp. (83370 83417)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4France (Franch-Comté) S. sp. (60541)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4France (Franche-Comté) S. aculeatus (149398) S. striatulus, S. subulatus (149401 149402 149404)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Netherlands S. longidens (137658 137660)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria S. krambergeri (130651)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4France S. sp. (149372)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4France (Jura) S. sp. (60566 60567 60568)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) S. sp. (131422)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Slovakia S. longidens (149495)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Belgium (Gaume) S. longidens (139198 139204)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Poland S. longidens (124679)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) S. apicalis (96615 96617) S. longidens (53829 120897) S. sp. (96613)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Germany (Westphalia) S. sp. (218156)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4France (Lorraine) S. sp. (36106 92109)
Rhaetian - Hettangian205.7 - 199.5Belgium (Gaume) S. longidens (139199 139202)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (Scotland) S. apicalis (40696 105872)