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Cyamodus

Osteichthyes - Placodontia - Cyamodontidae

Taxonomy
Cyamodus was named by von Meyer (1863) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis-l Tr Ladi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 940]. It is not extant. Its type is Cyamodus muensteri.

It was assigned to Cyamodontoidea by Rieppel and Hagdorn (1999); to Placodontia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cyamodontidae by Kuhn (1971), Carroll (1988), Rieppel (2000), Rieppel (2001), Wang et al. (2019).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by B. Allen on 2018-09-06

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Cyamodus von Meyer
1971Cyamodus Kuhn p. 20
1988Cyamodus Carroll
1999Cyamodus Rieppel and Hagdorn p. 381
2000Cyamodus Rieppel
2001Cyamodus Rieppel pp. 63-68, 73 fig. 32
2002Cyamodus Sepkoski
2019Cyamodus Wang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlacodontiaCope 1871
familyCyamodontidaeNopcsa 1923
genusCyamodusvon Meyer 1863

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. †Cyamodus von Meyer 1863
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†Cyamodus hildegardis Peyer 1931
†Cyamodus kuhnschnyderi Nosotti and Pinna 1993
†Cyamodus muensteri Agassiz 1834
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Invalid names: Cyamodus laticeps Owen 1859 [synonym]
†Cyamodus orientalis Wang et al. 2019
†Cyamodus rostratus Münster 1839
†Cyamodus tarnowitzensis Gürich 1884
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. Rieppel 2001As for family [Cyamodontidae], of which this is the only known genus.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Tuvalian or 243.43000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian - Ladinian247.0 - 237.0Italy (Piedmont) C. hildegardis (86708)
Anisian - Ladinian247.0 - 237.0Switzerland (Kanton Tessin) C. hildegardensis (86837)
Middle Triassic247.0 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) C. sp. (39763)
Middle Triassic247.0 - 237.0Germany (Bayern) Placodus laticeps (105334)
Illyrian243.43 - 241.464Germany (Bavaria) C. rostratus, C. muensteri (196168)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany (Bavaria) C. sp. (138087)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Poland C. tarnowitzensis (138137)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany C. kuhnschnyderi (59927) C. sp. (138088 138097)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Hungary C. sp. (156151)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) C. sp. (138084)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0France (Grand Est) C. sp. (137680)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany (Bayern) C. sp. (59966)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0France (Alsace) C. kuhnschnyderi (104803)
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Slovenia C. sp. (104869)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3China (Guizhou) C. orientalis (85166)