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Pachycormus
Taxonomy
Pachycormus was named by Agassiz (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: J Toar-l J Call Sepkoski's reference number: 452,915].
It was assigned to Sauroidei by Owen (1859); to Pachycormidae by Woodward (1895), Rayner (1948), Wenz (1967) and Delsate (1997); to Pachycormiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asthenocorminae by Cooper et al. (2022) and Weis et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Sauroidei by Owen (1859); to Pachycormidae by Woodward (1895), Rayner (1948), Wenz (1967) and Delsate (1997); to Pachycormiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asthenocorminae by Cooper et al. (2022) and Weis et al. (2024).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1833 | Pachycormus Agassiz p. 11 figs. Vol I, Pl E, fig 1 |
| 1859 | Pachycormus Owen p. 126 |
| 1895 | Pachycormus Woodward p. 380 |
| 1948 | Pachycormus Rayner p. 311 figs. 17-18 |
| 1967 | Pachycormus Wenz p. 109 |
| 1997 | Pachycormus Delsate p. 129 |
| 2002 | Pachycormus Sepkoski |
| 2022 | Pachycormus Cooper et al. p. 7 |
| 2024 | Pachycormus Weis et al. p. 5 |
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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.
G. †Pachycormus Agassiz 1833
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†Pachycormus gracilis Agassiz 1833
†Pachycormus macropomus Agassiz 1843
†Pachycormus macropterus de Blainville 1818
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Invalid names: Pachycormus acutirostris Agassiz 1843 [synonym], Pachycormus curtus Agassiz 1839 [synonym], Pachycormus elongatus Sauvage 1875 [synonym], Pachycormus latus Agassiz 1843 [synonym], Uraeus gracilis Agassiz 1832 [synonym]
†Pachycormus macrurus Agassiz 1839
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Middle Callovian or 182.70000 to 161.20000 Ma
Collections (27 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany | Elops macropterus, P. curtus (122170) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | France | Elops macropterus, P. macropterus, P. curtus (122732) P. curtus (122733 122735) P. macropterus, P. curtus (122731) P. sp. (122736) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Italy (Lombardy) | P. sp. (90436) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany (Baden-Württenburg) | P. macropterus (91672) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Luxembourg | P. macropterus (233565) | |
| Falciferum | Luxembourg | P. macropterus (233564) | |
| Falciferum | United Kingdom (England) | P. sp., P. macropterus (132646) | |
| Falciferum | Luxembourg (Mondercange) | P. macropterus (224066 233563) | |
| Falciferum | France | P. elongatus (122734) | |
| Tenuicostatum | Italy | P. sp. (190202) | |
| Toarcian | France | Poisson indet. (122738) | |
| Toarcian | United Kingdom | Elops macropterus (132036) P. curtus (131929) | |
| Toarcian | United Kingdom (England) | P. curtus, P. acutirostris (122167 122372 122373) | |
| Toarcian | Germany (Würtemberg) | Elops macropterus, P. curtus (122171) | |
| Toarcian | Germany | Elops macropterus, P. curtus (122169 131924) | |
| Early/Lower Callovian | Chile (Antofagasta) | P. sp. (170680) | |
| Middle Callovian | United Kingdom (England) | P. macropomus (133067) | |
| Oxfordian | Chile (Antofagasta) | P. sp. (172175) |