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Aetheospondyli

Taxonomy

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Aetheospondyli Woodward p. 415
1908Aetheospondyli Lambe

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
suborderAetheospondyli
suborderAetheospondyli

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.

Subor. †Aetheospondyli Woodward 1895
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Fm. Lepisosteidae Cuvier 1825
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G. †Opsigonus Gorjanović-Kramberger 1882
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Opsigonus megaluriformis Gorjanović-Kramberger 1882
Opsigonus squamosus Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895
G. †Paralepidosteus Arambourg and Joleaud 1943
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Paralepidosteus africanus Arambourg and Joleaud 1943
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Lutetian or 99.60000 to 41.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Slovenia Opsigonus squamosus (144686)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Niger (Zinder) Paralepidosteus africanus (75235)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Croatia Opsigonus megaluriformis (221022)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Lepidosteidae indet. (31735 31762)