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Sedenhorstia

Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Megalopidae

Taxonomy
Sedenhorstia is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Sedenhorstiidae.

It was assigned to Sedenhorstiidae by Goody (1969); to Megalopidae by Forey (1973); and to Megalopiformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Microcoelia von der Marck p. 48
1901Microcoelia Woodward p. 252
1969Sedenhorstia Goody p. 4
1973Sedenhorstia Forey p. 85
2002Sedenhorstia Sepkoski

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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)
Elopocephalai
Elopocephala
Elopomorpha()
orderElopiformesSauvage 1875
familyMegalopidaeJordan 1923
genusSedenhorstia

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.

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Sedenhorstia dayi Hay 1903
Sedenhorstia granulata von der Marck 1863
Sedenhorstia libanica Woodward 1901
Invalid names: Microcoelia von der Marck 1863 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:12:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:12:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 99.60000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Microcoelia dayi (221229) S. dayi, S. orientalis (127467)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Microcoelia granulata (221714)