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Cheirothrix

Actinopteri - Cheirotricidae

Taxonomy
Cheirothrix was named by Pictet and Humbert (1866) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant K Camp Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. Its type is Cheirothrix libanicus. It is the type genus of Cheirotricidae.

It was assigned to Alepisauriformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cheirotricidae by Dietze (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Cheirothrix Pictet and Humbert p. 51
1868Megapus Schlüter p. 273
1894Megistopus Landois p. 228
2002Cheirothrix Sepkoski
2009Cheirothrix Dietze p. 561

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
familyCheirotricidaeWoodward 1901
genusCheirothrix

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. †Cheirothrix Pictet and Humbert 1866
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†Cheirothrix guestphalicus Schlüter 1868
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Invalid names: Telepholis biantennatus von der Marck 1873 [synonym]
†Cheirothrix lewisii Davis 1887
†Cheirothrix libanicus Pictet and Humbert 1866
Invalid names: Megapus Schlüter 1868 [synonym], Megistopus Landois 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Lebanon C. libanicus (221157 221226) C. libanicus, C. lewisii (170327)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Megapus guestphalicus (221718) Telepholis biantennatus (213198)