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Hiodontiformes

Osteichthyes - Hiodontiformes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Hiodontiformes Guo-Qing and Wilson
2006Hiodontiformes Nelson
2011Hiodontiformes Long p. 242
2013Hiodontiformes Betancur et al.
2016Hiodontiformes Nelson et al. p. 154
2019Hiodontiformes van der Laan p. 63

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossomorpha()
orderHiodontiformes
orderHiodontiformes

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.

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Fm. Hiodontidae Cuvier and Valenciennes 1846
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G. †Eohiodon Cavender 1966
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Eohiodon rosei Hussakof 1916
Eohiodon woodruffi Wilson 1978
G. Hiodon Guo-Qing and Wilson 1994
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Hiodon alosoides Rafinesque 1819
Hiodon consteniorum Guo-Qing and Wilson 1994
G. †Tanichthys Jin 1991
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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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Holocene or 143.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.6 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6China (Shandong) Tanichthys ningjiagouensis (47070)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) Hiodontidae indet. (14385)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (Alberta) Hiodontidae indet. (14425 14426 14428 190345)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Hiodontidae indet. (75836)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Hiodontidae indet. (22695 22697 22698 98674)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Saskatchewan) Hiodontidae indet. (229975)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Hiodontidae indet. small morph (14631)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Hiodontidae indet. small morph (144499 144500 192242 192247) Hiodontidae indet. small morph, Hiodontidae indet. large morph (14549 144502)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Hiodontidae indet. small morph (14519)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Bolivia (Mizque) Eohiodon sp. (13501)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Eohiodon sp. (74617)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) Eohiodon woodruffi (113148 119857)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Montana) Hiodon consteniorum (134348)
Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene56.0 - 27.3USA (Oregon) Hiodon sp. (227073)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Washington) Eohiodon woodruffi (189960 189961)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Canada (British Columbia) Eohiodon rosei (192126)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Hiodon tergisus (224189)