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Coelodus

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy

Coelodus was named by Haeckel [Sepkoski's age data: J Kimm K Turo Sepkoski's reference number: 452,718].

It was assigned to Pycnodontes by Arambourg and Joleaud (1943) and Nursall (1996); to Pycnodontiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pycnodontidae by Woodward (1895), Hay (1902), Tabaste (1963), Kriwet (1999) and Argyriou (2022).

Species lacking formal opinion data

C. laurenti

Synonyms

Anomiophthalmus was named by Costa (1856).

It was synonymized subjectively with Coelodus by D'Erasmo (1914).
Glossodus was named by Costa (1856).

It was synonymized subjectively with Coelodus by D'Erasmo (1914).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1856	Anomiophthalmus Costa
1856	Glossodus Costa
1895	Coelodus Woodward p. 249
1902	Coelodus Hay p. 373
1943	Coelodus Arambourg and Joleaud p. 36
1963	Coelodus Tabaste p. 473
1996	Coelodus Nursall p. 138
1999	Coelodus Kriwet p. 228
2002	Coelodus Sepkoski
2022	Coelodus Argyriou p. 101

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()

Rank	Name	Author
superclass	Actinopterygii	()
class	Actinopteri	()
subclass	Neopterygii	(Regan 1923)
order	Pycnodontiformes	Berg 1937
suborder	Pycnodontoidei
family	Pycnodontidae	()
genus	Coelodus	Haeckel

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. †Coelodus Haeckel

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†Coelodus bocagei Sauvage 1898

†Coelodus brownii Cope 1894

†Coelodus choffati Sauvage 1898

†Coelodus cuneiformis Sauvage 1898

†Coelodus decaturensis Gidley 1913

†Coelodus delgadoi Sauvage 1898

†Coelodus fabadens Gidley 1913

†Coelodus latus Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895

†Coelodus malwaensis Chiplonkar and Ghare 1977

†Coelodus mesorachis Heckel 1856

†Coelodus multipinnatus Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895

†Coelodus oblongus Heckel 1856

†Coelodus ovalis Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895

†Coelodus plethodon Arambourg and Joleaud 1943

†Coelodus riberoi Sauvage 1898

†Coelodus rostratus Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895

†Coelodus saturnus Haeckel 1856

†Coelodus stantoni Williston 1900

†Coelodus suillus Heckel 1856

†Coelodus vetteri Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895

Invalid names: Anomiophthalmus Costa 1856 [synonym], Glossodus Costa 1856 [synonym]

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Danian or 167.70000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (40 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	France (Midi-Pyrénées)	C. sp. (61377)
Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	United Kingdom (England)	C. sp. (224639)
Late/Upper Berriasian	145.0 - 140.2	Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen)	C. sp. (45760)
Early/Lower Cretaceous	145.0 - 100.5	USA (Texas)	C. decaturensis (157171) C. fabadens (157164)
Cretaceous	145.0 - 66.0	India	C. malwaensis (91548 91556 91557)
Valanginian	139.8 - 132.9	Romania (Constanta)	C. sp. (90900)
Late/Upper Barremian	130.0 - 125.45	Spain (Cuenca)	C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2 (61319)
Late/Upper Barremian	130.0 - 125.45	Spain (Castilla-La Mancha)	C. subdiscus (28006)
Late/Upper Aptian	122.46 - 113.0	USA (Texas)	C. sp. (14408)
Albian	113.0 - 100.5	USA (New Mexico)	C. sp. (37561)
Albian	113.0 - 100.5	USA (Texas)	C. sp. (99143)
Middle Albian	109.0 - 105.3	Italy (Salerno)	C. sp. (127349)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Croatia	C. saturnus (221235)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Greece (Rhodes)	C. muensteri, C. sp. (207610)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Slovenia	C. rostratus, C. latus, C. ovalis (144686)
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	Niger (Zinder)	C. plethodon (75244 75257) C. sp., C. plethodon (75235)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Egypt (Matruh)	C. sp. (84550)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	France (Poitou-Charentes)	C. sp. (77232)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Egypt	C. sp. (214408)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Croatia	C. mesorachis (132604)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Slovenia	C. multipinnatus (221236) C. suillus, C. vetteri (221237)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Spain (Asturias)	C. sp. (98396)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	USA (Utah)	C. sp. (14385)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Niger (Tahoua)	C. plethodon (206860)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany	C. muensteri (64128)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Bolivia (Chuquisaca)	C. toncoensis (36234)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Niger (Tahoua)	C. plethodon (48868)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Niger	C. sp. 1 (229529) C. sp. 2 (229528)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Mali (Kidal)	C. plethodon (206855)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Argentina (Salta)	C. toncoensis (114766 114767)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Bolivia (Cochabamba)	C. toncoensis (12855)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Spain (Cataluña)	C. laurenti (154699)