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Symmorium

Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Symmoriidae

Taxonomy
Symmorium was named by Cope (1893) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-u C Mosc-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,451,898]. Its type is Symmorium reniforme.

It was assigned to Cladodontidae by Hay (1902) and Jordan (1963); to Symmoriida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Symmoriidae by Zangerl (1981), Williams (1985), Goto et al. (1988), Ivanov (1999) and Ginter et al. (2010).

Species
S. reniforme (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Symmorium Cope p. 999
1902Symmorium Hay p. 271
1963Symmorium Jordan p. 592
1981Symmorium Zangerl p. 70
1985Symmorium Williams p. 103
1988Symmorium Goto et al. p. 292
1999Symmorium Ivanov p. 273
2002Symmorium Sepkoski
2010Symmorium Ginter et al. p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
superorderCladodontomorphi
orderSymmoriiformes()
familySymmoriidaeDean 1909
genusSymmorium

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. †Symmorium Cope 1893
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Symmorium reniforme Cope 1893
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 07:21:01
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:21:01
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Middle Famennian to the top of the Virgilian or 370.60000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Russian Federation S. sp. (133361)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Russian Federation (Oryol Oblast) S. glabrum (226045)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Illinois) S. reniforme (132163)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) S. reniforme (217070)