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Lestidiops sphekodes

Actinopteri - Alepisauriformes

Taxonomy
Tydeus sphekodes was named by Sauvage (1870). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Licata, which is in a Messinian marine horizon in Italy.

It was recombined as Anapterus sphekodes by Sauvage (1873); it was recombined as Sudis sphekodes by Arambourg (1925); it was recombined as Lestidiops sphekodes by Bedini et al. (1986).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Tydeus sphekodes Sauvage p. 23
1873Anapterus sphekodes Sauvage p. 208
1925Sudis sphekodes Arambourg p. 61
1986Lestidiops sphekodes Bedini et al. p. 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
orderAlepisauriformesRegan 1911
genusLestidiops
speciessphekodes()

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.

Lestidiops sphekodes Sauvage 1870
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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: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:47:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:47:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Lestidiops sphekodes (186580 210628)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Lestidiops sphekodes (186576 186577 210251 210640) Tydeus sphekodes, Lestidiops sphekodes (type locality: 185692)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Sicily) Lestidiops sphekodes (186578)