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Aspidorhynchiformes

Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Aspidorhynchiformes Bleeker
1964Aspidorhynchiformes Estes p. 22
2001Aspidorhynchiformes Peng et al. p. 11
2004Aspidorhynchiformes Arratia et al.
2011Aspidorhynchiformes Bogan et al. p. 237
2011Aspidorhynchiformes Long p. 242
2015Aspidorhynchiformes Arratia p. 47
2016Aspidorhynchiformes Nelson et al. p. 127
2017Aspidorhynchiformes Arratia p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
orderAspidorhynchiformesBleeker 1859
orderAspidorhynchiformesBleeker 1859

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.

Or. †Aspidorhynchiformes Bleeker 1859
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Fm. †Aspidorhynchidae Bleeker 1859
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G. †Aspidorhynchus Agassiz 1833
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Aspidorhynchus acutirostris Blainville 1818
Aspidorhynchus comptoni Agassiz 1843
Aspidorhynchus crassus Woodward 1890
Aspidorhynchus euodus Egerton 1845
Aspidorhynchus fisheri Egerton 1854
Aspidorhynchus lepturus Agassiz 1834
Aspidorhynchus montissancti Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895
Aspidorhynchus sanzenbacheri Brito and Ebert 2009
Aspidorhynchus speciosus Agassiz 1834
Aspidorhynchus walchneri Agassiz 1833
G. †Belonostomus Agassiz 1834
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Belonostomus brachysomus Agassiz 1834
Belonostomus carinatus Mawson and Woodward 1907
Belonostomus cinctus Agassiz 1837
Belonostomus dalmaticus Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895
Belonostomus helgolandicus Taverne and Ross 1973
Belonostomus indicus Lydekker 1890
Belonostomus kochii Agassiz 1843
Belonostomus lamarquensis Bogan et al. 2011
Belonostomus lesinaensis Bassani 1882
Belonostomus matteuzi Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895
Belonostomus muensteri Agassiz 1834
Belonostomus novaki Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895
Belonostomus subulatus Agassiz 1834
Belonostomus tenuirostris Agassiz 1833
Belonostomus ventralis Agassiz 1834
Invalid names: Diphyodus Lambe 1902 [synonym]
G. †Richmondichthys Bartholomai 2004
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Richmondichthys sweeti Etheridge Jnr and Woodward 1891
G. †Vinctifer
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Vinctifer ferrusquiai Cantalice et al. 2018
Vinctifer longirostris Silva Santos 1972
G. †Atacamichthys Arratia and Schultze 1987
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Atacamichthys greeni Arratia and Schultze 1987
G. †Pseudovinctifer Arratia 2015
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Pseudovinctifer chilensis Arratia 2015
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 20:53:16
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:53:16
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 (155 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) Aspidorhynchus sp. (130764)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom Aspidorhynchus crassus (131844)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Midi-Pyrénées) Aspidorhynchus sp. (61377)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Aspidorhynchidae indet. (224639)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5United Kingdom (England) Aspidorhynchus euodus (130656)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0Antarctica Vinctifer sp., Aspidorhynchiformes indet. (232336)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1France Aspidorhynchus sp. (131960)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Antarctica Vinctifer sp. (90425)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Eastern Barvaria) Aspidorhynchus sp. (187436)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Aspidorhynchus acutirostris (154138)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Belonostomus sp. (35262)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Aspidorhynchus sanzenbacheri (118174)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Mexico (Coahuila) Aspidorhynchidae indet. (104859)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Antarctica Vinctifer sp. (90426)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2France (Poitou-Charentes) Belonostomus sp. (61930)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8United Kingdom (England) Aspidorhynchus fisheri (52301)
Early/Lower Cretaceous - Aptian145.0 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Vinctifer sp. (59355)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Belgium (Sauerland) Belonostomus sp. (22645)
Early/Lower Aptian125.45 - 122.46Germany Belonostomus helgolandicus (212878 221371)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Venezuela (Zulia) Vinctifer sp. (89071)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Brazil (Bahia) Vinctifer longirostris (142434 142435)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Brazil (Pernambuco) Vinctifer comptoni (193049 193050 193051 193052 193053 193054)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Brazil (Pernacumbo) Vinctifer sp. (165422)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Texas) Belonostomus sp. (14391)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Mexico (Hidalgo) Aspidorhynchidae indet. (135815)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Italy (Campania) Belonostomus crassirostris (112631) Belonostomus sp. (68888)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Texas) Belonostomus sp. (11298)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Australia (Queensland) Belonostomus sp. (89951)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mexico (Puebla) Belonostomus sp., Vinctifer sp. (80283)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Russian Federation (Belgorod) Belonostomus sp. (32314)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Slovenia Belonostomus matteuzi, Aspidorhynchus montissancti (144686)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arkansas) Belonostomus sp. (223862)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Uzbekistan (Navoi) Aspidorhynchidae indet. (58208 64684 64685)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Italy (Vicenza) Belonostomus sp. (214715)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Kansas) Aspidorhynchidae indet. (213418)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Italy (Treviso) Belonostomus sp. (214716)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Croatia Belonostomus crassirostris (123565) Belonostomus dalmaticus, Belonostomus novaki (132604)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Er Rachida) Belonostomus sp. (120457)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Belonostomus sp. (22731 52997)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Belonostomus sp. (124426)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Nebraska) Aspidorhynchidae indet. (213308)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Canada (Alberta) Belonostomus longirostris (213294)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Nebraska) Aspidorhynchidae indet. (213389)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Kansas) Belonostomus sp. (213387)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Uzbekistan (Navoi) Aspidorhynchidae indet. (58164) Belonostomus aciculiferus (58168)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.3 - 83.5USA (Alabama) Belonostomus sp. (90242)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (Alberta) Belonostomus longirostris (14425)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Italy Belonostomus sp. (35332)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Belonostomus longirostris (14458)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Belonostomus longirostris (22695 22696 22697 22698 34302 34303 34305 34307 34309 34310 34311 34312 34313 34315 34319 34320 34321 34322 45238 45260 45261 45262 45264 47807 47811 47814 47816 98674 98677 227125)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Belonostomus sp. (14437)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Belonostomus longirostris (45561 45564 45566 47794 47809)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Belonostomus longirostris (45894)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) Belonostomus longirostris (229975)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Belonostomus longirostris (14446) Belonostomus sp. (14490)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Aspidorhynchidae indet., Belonostomus longirostris (37039) Belonostomus lamarquensis (232207)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Belonostomus sp. (58100 58101)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Aspidorhynchidae indet. (231267 231268 231292 231403 231614 231635 231639 231642 231643 231644 231650 231764 233603 233606 233611 233924 233982)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Chile (Valparaíso) Belonostomus longirostris (124311)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Belonostomus longirostris (14502) Belonostomus sp. (135741)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Belonostomus longirostris (14610)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Belonostomus longirostris (14505 14519 14527 14538 14557 14566 14577)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Belonostomus longirostris (14655)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Belonostomus longirostris (14515 14534 14535 14549 14560) Belonostomus sp., Belonostomus longirostris (14568)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Belonostomus sp. (27014)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) Belonostomus sp. (58102)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Belonostomus longirostris (45098 45099 45102 45111 45112 45143 45144 213585 213589)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Belonostomus longirostris (13142)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Belonostomus longirostris (14585)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (North Dakota) Belonostomus sp. (14962)