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Sphaerodus tetragonus

Osteichthyes - Sphaerodontidae

Taxonomy
Sphaerodus tetragonus was named by Münster (1846). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lindner Berges, which is in an Oxfordian marine horizon in the Korallenkalk Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. globulosus, S. neocomiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Sphaerodus tetragonus Münster p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
familySphaerodontidae
genusSphaerodus
speciestetragonus

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.

†Sphaerodus tetragonus Münster 1846
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Oxfordian or 157.90000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Sphaerodus tetragonus (type locality: 67913)