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Anomoeodus latidens

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy
Anomoeodus latidens was named by Gidley (1913). Its type specimen is USNM 2194, a partial skull (left splenial), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 9 miles west of Tupelo, which is in a Cretaceous marine horizon in Mississippi.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Anomoeodus latidens Gidley p. 448 fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
suborderPycnodontoidei
familyPycnodontidae()
genusAnomoeodusForir 1887
specieslatidens

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.

Anomoeodus latidens Gidley 1913
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:40:08
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:04:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Anomoeodus latidens (type locality: 157084)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Anomoeodus latidens (221052)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Anomoeodus latidens (124211)