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Macromesodon

Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy
Macromesodon was named by Blake (1905).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mesodon by Woodward (1916).

It was assigned to Pycnodontes by Nursall (1996); and to Pycnodontidae by Poyato-Ariza and Wenz (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Macromesodon Blake
1996Macromesodon Nursall p. 138
2002Macromesodon Poyato-Ariza and Wenz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
suborderPycnodontoidei
superfamilyPycnodontoidea
familyPycnodontidae()
genusMacromesodonBlake 1905

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. †Macromesodon Blake 1905
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†Macromesodon macropterus Agassiz 1834
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Invalid names: Macromesodon daviesi Woodward 1890 [synonym], Mesodon parvus Woodward 1895 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:40:08
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:04:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 168.20000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France M. sp. (61378)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Midi-Pyrénées) M. sp. (61377)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Mesodon macropterus (131990)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5USA (Texas) M. dumblei (52042)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) M. sp. (28006)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Texas) M. dumblei (27774)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Texas) M. dumblei (99143 99144)