Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Bobbodus schaefferi

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Eugeneodontidae

Taxonomy
Bobbodus schaefferi was named by Zangerl (1981). Its type specimen is FMNH PF7292, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ace Hill, Plattsmouth, Queen Hill Shale, which is in a Gzhelian marine shale in the Lecompton Formation of Nebraska. It is the type species of Bobbodus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Bobbodus schaefferi Zangerl p. 82
1996Bobbodus schaefferi Schultze and West p. 162 figs. 2-4

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderEugeneodontiformes()
superfamilyCaseodontoidea
familyEugeneodontidae
genusBobbodus
speciesschaefferi

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.

Bobbodus schaefferi Zangerl 1981
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:03:14
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:03:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Kasimovian to the top of the Asselian or 307.00000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Iowa) Bobbodus schaefferi (132118)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) Bobbodus schaefferi (type locality: 132177)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) Bobbodus schaefferi (118270)