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Sphyraenodus speciosus

Osteichthyes - Scombriformes

Taxonomy
Sphyraena speciosa was named by Leidy (1856). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Dictyodus speciosus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Sphyraenodus speciosus by Cope (1875), Rapp (1946).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Sphyraena speciosa Leidy p. 221
1875Sphyraenodus speciosus Cope p. 362
1902Dictyodus speciosus Hay p. 399
1946Sphyraenodus speciosus 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
speciesspeciosus()

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.

Sphyraenodus speciosus Leidy 1856
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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: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Serravallian or 59.24000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Sphyraenodus speciosus (3113)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) Sphyraena speciosa (18587)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Sphyraena speciosa (55396 57782)