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Crossopholis

Acipenseriformes - Polyodontidae

Taxonomy
Crossopholis was named by Cope (1883). Its type is Crossopholis magnicaudatus.

It was assigned to Polyodontini by Grande and Bemis (1996); and to Polyodontidae by Woodward (1895), Hay (1902) and Grande and Hilton (2006).

Species
C. magnicaudatus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Crossopholis Cope
1895Crossopholis Woodward p. 46
1902Crossopholis Hay p. 372
1996Crossopholis Grande and Bemis p. 109 fig. 11
2006Crossopholis Grande and Hilton p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderAcipenseriformesBerg 1940
familyPolyodontidaeBonaparte 1838
subfamilyProtopsephurinae
—Polyodonti()
subfamilyPolyodontinae
tribePolyodontini
genusCrossopholisCope 1883

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. †Crossopholis Cope 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:46:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:46:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available