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Sphyraenodus silovianus

Osteichthyes - Scombriformes

Taxonomy
Sphyraenodus silovianus was named by Cope (1875). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Shiloh Marl, which is in a Burdigalian marginal marine marl in the Kirkwood Formation of New Jersey.

It was recombined as Dictyodus silovianus by Hay (1902).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. bottii, S. pirscus, S. striata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Sphyraenodus silovianus Cope p. 362
1902Dictyodus silovianus Hay p. 399
1946Sphyraenodus silovianus Rapp p. 512

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Pelagiaria
orderScombriformes
suborderScombroideiBleeker 1859
genusSphyraenodus
speciessilovianus

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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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) Sphyraenodus silovianus (type locality: 18587)