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Enchodus shumardi

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae

Taxonomy
Enchodus shumardi was named by Leidy (1856). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Enchodus shumardii by Hay (1902).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. serrulatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Enchodus shumardi Leidy
1857Enchodus shumardi Leidy p. 90
1873Enchodus shumardi Leidy p. 289
1902Enchodus shumardii Hay p. 389
1989Enchodus shumardi Wilson and Chalifa p. 2610 figs. 5E-L
2003Enchodus shumardi Shimada and Everhart p. 173 fig. 2C,D
2006Enchodus shumardi Shimada p. 169 fig. 5E
2006Enchodus shumardi Shimada et al. p. 26
2008Enchodus shumardi Shimada and Martin p. 98 fig. 10C,D
2012Enchodus shumardi Nagrodski et al. p. 84 fig. 4N
2016Enchodus shumardi Bice and Shimada p. 187 fig. 7V

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Aulopa
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderAlepisauroidei
superfamilyAlepisauroideaDavis 2010
familyEnchodontidaeWoodward 1901
genusEnchodus
speciesshumardiLeidy 1856

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.

†Enchodus shumardi Leidy 1856
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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: carnivoref
Created: 2009-07-20 21:10:46
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:10:46
Source: f = family, o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 99.60000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Colorado) Enchodus shumardi (132505)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Kansas) Enchodus shumardi (213416 213417 213419)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Enchodus shumardi (22731 52997)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Colorado) Enchodus shumardi (35429 213403)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Nebraska) Enchodus shumardi (213308)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Nebraska) Enchodus shumardi (213402)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Kansas) Enchodus shumardi (213384 213386)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Iowa) Enchodus shumardi (213400)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Canada (Alberta) Enchodus shumardi (136242 213294)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Nebraska) Enchodus shumardi (213389)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Kansas) Enchodus shumardi (213387 213390 213524)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.5 - 85.8USA (Kansas) Enchodus shumardi (213412)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (South Dakota) Enchodus shumardi (194130)