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Sphaerodus

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Sphaerodus Agassiz p. 15 figs. Vol I, Pl G, fig 2
1846Sphaerodus Münster p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
suborderPycnodontoidei
familyPycnodontidae()
genusSphaerodus

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. †Sphaerodus Agassiz 1833
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†Sphaerodus annularis Agassiz 1839
†Sphaerodus cinctus Agassiz 1839
†Sphaerodus conicus Agassiz 1839
†Sphaerodus crassus Agassiz 1833
†Sphaerodus depressus Agassiz 1839
†Sphaerodus discus Agassiz 1839
†Sphaerodus gigas Agassiz 1833
†Sphaerodus hybridus Münster 1846
†Sphaerodus insignis Van Beneden 1871
†Sphaerodus irregularis Agassiz 1839
†Sphaerodus lens Agassiz 1839
†Sphaerodus minimus Agassiz 1833
†Sphaerodus mitrula Agassiz 1839
†Sphaerodus parvus Agassiz 1833
†Sphaerodus subannularis Münster 1846
†Sphaerodus submamillaris Münster 1846
†Sphaerodus subradiatus Münster 1846
†Sphaerodus tetragonus Münster 1846
†Sphaerodus truncatus Agassiz 1839
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Albian or 237.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary S. sp. (156154)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (Wales) S. sp. (72293)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3France (Franche-Comté) S. minimus (149408)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Niedersachsen) S. submamillaris, S. subannularis, S. hybridus, S. tetragonus, S. subradiatus, S. mitrula, S. irregularis (67913)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) S. sp. (45760)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland S. neocomiensis (2198 2256)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0France S. sp. (2186)
Albian113.0 - 100.5France S. globulosus (2166)