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Ichthyodectidae
Taxonomy
Ichthyodectidae was named by Crook (1892).
It was reranked as the subfamily Ichthyodectinae by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Chirocentridae by Hay (1902); to Clupeoidei by Jordan (1963); to Chirocentroidea by Applegate (1970); to Osteichthyes by Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Ichthyodectoidei by Forey et al. (2003) and Taverne (2008); and to Ichthyodectiformes by Schwimmer et al. (1997), Shimada et al. (2006), Cumbaa et al. (2006), Cavin et al. (2013) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was reranked as the subfamily Ichthyodectinae by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Chirocentridae by Hay (1902); to Clupeoidei by Jordan (1963); to Chirocentroidea by Applegate (1970); to Osteichthyes by Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Ichthyodectoidei by Forey et al. (2003) and Taverne (2008); and to Ichthyodectiformes by Schwimmer et al. (1997), Shimada et al. (2006), Cumbaa et al. (2006), Cavin et al. (2013) and Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1892 | Ichthyodectidae Crook |
| 1902 | Ichthyodectinae Hay p. 383 |
| 1963 | Ichthyodectidae Jordan p. 619 |
| 1970 | Ichthyodectidae Applegate p. 418 |
| 1981 | Ichthyodectidae Thurmond and Jones p. 96 |
| 1997 | Ichthyodectidae Schwimmer et al. p. 611 |
| 2003 | Ichthyodectidae Forey et al. p. 228 |
| 2006 | Ichthyodectidae Cumbaa et al. p. 150 |
| 2006 | Ichthyodectidae Shimada et al. p. 23 |
| 2008 | Ichthyodectidae Taverne p. 212 |
| 2013 | Ichthyodectidae Cavin et al. p. 170 |
| 2016 | Ichthyodectidae Nelson et al. p. 131 |
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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.
Fm. †Ichthyodectidae Crook 1892
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G. †Ichthyodectes Cope 1870
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†Ichthyodectes acanthicus Cope 1877
†Ichthyodectes anaides Cope 1872
†Ichthyodectes arcuatus Cope 1875
†Ichthyodectes cruentus Hay 1898
†Ichthyodectes ctenodon Cope 1870
†Ichthyodectes elegans Newton 1877
†Ichthyodectes goodeanus Cope 1877
†Ichthyodectes hamatus Cope 1872
†Ichthyodectes libanicus Pictet and Humbert 1866
†Ichthyodectes minor Egerton 1850
†Ichthyodectes multidentatus Cope 1872
†Ichthyodectes parvus Stewart 1900
†Ichthyodectes perniciosus Cope 1874
†Ichthyodectes prognathus Cope 1870
†Ichthyodectes tenuidens Woodward 1901
G. †Portheus Cope 1871
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†Portheus daviesi Newton 1877
†Portheus gaultinus Newton 1877
†Portheus jaxarticus Riabinin 1938
†Portheus mantelli Newton 1877
G. †Xiphactinus Leidy 1870
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†Xiphactinus audax Leidy 1870
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Invalid names: Portheus lestrio Cope 1873 [synonym], Portheus lowii Stewart 1898 [synonym], Portheus molossus Cope 1871 [synonym], Portheus mudgei Cope 1874 [synonym], Saurocephalus thaumas Cope 1870 [synonym], Xiphactinus brachygnathus Stewart 1898 [synonym]
†Xiphactinus vetus Leidy 1856
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Invalid names: Polygonodon rectus Leidy 1858 [synonym], Portheus angulatus Cope 1872 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Tithonian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 150.80000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (81 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Tithonian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Ichthyodectidae indet. (164377) | |
| Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Ichthyodectidae indet. (61930) | |
| Aptian | Venezuela (Zulia) | Ichthyodectidae indet. (89071) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Germany | Xiphactinus sp. (221372) | |
| Albian - Cenomanian | Canada (Alberta) | Ichthyodectidae indet. (22733) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | France | Faugichthys loryi (63325) | |
| Cenomanian | Venezuela (Trujillo) | Xiphactinus audax (176561) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Canada (Manitoba) | Ichthyodectidae indet. (36744 36745) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | USA (New Jersey) | Polygonodon vetus (126156) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Italy (Pesaro) | Furloichthys bonarellii (221194) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Kansas) | Xiphactinus audax (213414 213416 213417 213418 213419) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Lebanon | Chirocentrites libanicus (216596 221227) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Spain (Asturias) | Ichthyodectidae indet. (98396) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Egypt | Portheus sp. (214404) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Colorado) | Xiphactinus audax (35429) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Kansas) | Xiphactinus audax (94538) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Xiphactinus audax, Ichthyodectes ctenodon (22731 52997) | |
| Turonian | USA (South Dakota) | Ichthyodectes sp. (181902) | |
| Turonian | USA (Kansas) | Xiphactinus audax (102879) | |
| Turonian - Coniacian | USA (Texas) | Ichthyodectes sp., Xiphactinus sp. (107425) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | Morocco (Meknès - Tafilalt) | Ichthyodectes bardacki (51686) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | USA (Nebraska) | Xiphactinus audax (213402) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Ichthyodectes ctenodon (220897 220907) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | Canada (Alberta) | Ichthyodectes ctenodon (213294) Xiphactinus sp., Ichthyodectes ctenodon (221341) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | USA (Kansas) | Xiphactinus audax (213384 213385) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (Kansas) | Ichthyodectes ctenodon (213390) Xiphactinus audax (35365 213387 213526) | |
| Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian | Uzbekistan (Navoi) | Ichthyodectidae indet. (58167 58168) | |
| Coniacian - Santonian | Tajikistan (Asht) | Portheus sp. (53132) | |
| Early/Lower Coniacian | USA (Texas) | Xiphactinus sp. (34755) | |
| Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Mississippi) | Xiphactinus audax (164393) | |
| Santonian | USA (Alabama) | Xiphactinus audax (81928) | |
| Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Xiphactinus audax (94652) Xiphactinus sp. (93220) | |
| Santonian | USA (Colorado) | Ichthyodectes sp. (179211) | |
| Santonian - Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Xiphactinus audax (192128) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | USA (South Dakota) | Ichthyodectidae indet. (194130) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Portheus molossus, Ichthyodectes anaides (188488) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Xiphactinus audax (81930 81932 81934 81972 82049) Xiphactinus audax, Ichthyodectes ctenodon (82054) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian | USA (Georgia) | Xiphactinus audax (35289) | |
| Campanian | USA (Georgia) | Xiphactinus audax (70720) | |
| Campanian | Canada (Manitoba) | Ichthyodectes ctenodon (36707) Ichthyodectidae indet. (36743) | |
| Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | Portheus molossus (190555) Portheus sp. (123474) | |
| Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | Ichthyodectes sp., Portheus sp. (105717) | |
| Campanian | Canada (Nunavut) | Xiphactinus sp. (36383) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Sweden (Skåne) | Ichthyodectidae indet. (74334) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | Polygonodon rectus (106277) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | Polygonodon rectus, Xiphactinus audax (57918) Xiphactinus vetus (128412) | |
| Judithian | USA (Wyoming) | Xiphactinus vetus (14478 14479 14487) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Delaware) | Xiphactinus sp. (27570) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Jersey) | Xiphactinus audax (14455) Xiphactinus sp. (32181) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | Ichthyodectidae indet. (79363) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Xiphactinus sp. (57916) Xiphactinus vetus (221052) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Xiphactinus sp. (26818) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | Xiphactinus vetus (213589) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Jordan | Ichthyodectidae indet. (170239) |