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Phyllodus

Osteichthyes - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae

Taxonomy
Phyllodus was named by Agassiz (1839) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani T Eo-l Sepkoski's reference number: 746,915]. It is the type genus of Phyllodontinae.

It was assigned to Actinoteri by Cope (1875); to Phyllodontinae by Estes and Hiatt (1978); to Labridae by Hay (1902), Leriche (1942), Rapp (1946), Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Anguilliformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Phyllodontidae by Casier (1946), Casier (1966), Bryant (1989), Weems (1998), Weems (1999), Ebersole et al. (2019).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2021-07-31

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Phyllodus Agassiz figs. Pl 69a
1875Phyllodus Cope p. 362
1902Phyllodus Hay p. 401
1942Phyllodus Leriche p. 40
1946Phyllodus Casier p. 138
1946Phyllodus Rapp p. 512
1966Phyllodus Casier p. 228
1978Phyllodus Estes and Hiatt p. 2
1981Phyllodus Thurmond and Jones p. 104
1989Phyllodus Bryant p. 26
1998Phyllodus Weems p. 150
1999Phyllodus Weems p. 58
2002Phyllodus Sepkoski
2019Phyllodus Ebersole et al. p. 160

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Elopomorpha()
orderElopiformesSauvage 1875
familyPhyllodontidaeSauvage 1875
genusPhyllodus

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. †Phyllodus Agassiz 1839
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Phyllodus bucklandi Agassiz 1843
Phyllodus curvidens Marsh 1869
Phyllodus elegans Marsh 1869
Phyllodus hipparionyx Eastman 1900
Phyllodus marginalis Agassiz 1839
Phyllodus paulkatoi Estes and Hiatt 1978
Phyllodus planus Agassiz 1839
Phyllodus polyodus Agassiz 1839
Phyllodus toliapicus Agassiz 1839
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available