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Pachycormidae
Taxonomy
Pachycormidae was named by Woodward (1895).
It was assigned to Protospondyli by Woodward (1895); to Halecomorphi by Hay (1902); to Amioidea by Gardiner (1960); to Halecomorphi by Jordan (1963); to Amioidei by Applegate (1970); to Amiiformes by Thurmond and Jones (1981); and to Pachycormiformes by Delsate (1997), Shimada et al. (2006), Friedman (2012), Nelson et al. (2016) and Amalfitano et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Protospondyli by Woodward (1895); to Halecomorphi by Hay (1902); to Amioidea by Gardiner (1960); to Halecomorphi by Jordan (1963); to Amioidei by Applegate (1970); to Amiiformes by Thurmond and Jones (1981); and to Pachycormiformes by Delsate (1997), Shimada et al. (2006), Friedman (2012), Nelson et al. (2016) and Amalfitano et al. (2020).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1892 | Protosphyraenidae Cope |
1895 | Pachycormidae Woodward |
1902 | Pachycormidae Hay p. 378 |
1960 | Pachycormidae Gardiner p. 370 |
1963 | Pachycormidae Jordan p. 615 |
1970 | Pachycormidae Applegate p. 403 |
1981 | Pachycormidae Thurmond and Jones p. 86 |
1997 | Pachycormidae Delsate p. 129 |
2006 | Pachycormidae Shimada et al. p. 23 |
2012 | Pachycormidae Friedman p. 945 |
2016 | Pachycormidae Nelson et al. p. 127 |
2020 | Pachycormidae Amalfitano et al. p. 275 |
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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.
Fm. †Pachycormidae Woodward 1895
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Subfm. †Asthenocorminae Cooper et al. 2022
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G. †Asthenocormus
G. †Bonnerichthys Friedman 2010
G. †Martillichthys Liston 2008
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
G. †Rhinconichthys Friedman 2010
G. †Saurostomus Agassiz 1833
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†Saurostomus esocinus Agassiz 1833
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Invalid names: Caturus gigas Sauvage 1891 [synonym], Eugnathus giganteus Agassiz 1843 [synonym], Lycodus gigas Quenstedt 1858 [synonym], Pachycormus bollensis Quenstedt 1858 [synonym], Pachycormus latirostris Agassiz 1843 [synonym], Pachycormus westermani Winkler 1878 [synonym]
Invalid names: Lycodus Quenstedt 1858 [synonym]
G. †Euthynotus
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†Euthynotus incognitus Blainville 1818
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Invalid names: Thrissops micropodius Agassiz 1833 [synonym]
†Euthynotus intermedius Agassiz 1839
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Invalid names: Caturus cotteaui Sauvage 1875 [synonym], Euthynotus speciosus Wagner 1860 [synonym], Parathrissops milloti Sauvage 1891 [synonym]
Invalid names: Parathrissops Sauvage 1891 [synonym]
Subfm. †Hypsocorminae Vetter 1881
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G. †Australopachycormus Kear 2007
G. †Hypsocormus
G. †Kaykay Gouiric-Cavalli and Arratia 2022
G. †Protosphyraena Leidy 1857
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†Protosphyraena bentoniana Stewart 1898
†Protosphyraena chirurgus Cope 1875
†Protosphyraena dimidiata Cope 1878
†Protosphyraena ferox Leidy 1857
†Protosphyraena gigas Stewart 1899
†Protosphyraena gladius Cope 1878
†Protosphyraena nitida Cope 1873
†Protosphyraena obliquidens Loomis 1900
†Protosphyraena occidentalis Stewart 1898
†Protosphyraena recurvirostris Stewart 1896
†Protosphyraena tenuis Loomis 1900
G. †Simocormus Maxwell 2020
Invalid names: Protosphyraenidae Cope 1892 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 208.50000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (93 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Rhaetian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Hypsocormus sp. (22684) | |
Early/Lower Toarcian | Luxembourg | Pachycormus macropterus (233565) | |
Early/Lower Toarcian | Italy (Lombardy) | Pachycormus sp. (90436) | |
Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany (Baden-Württenburg) | Ohmdenia multidentata (132361) Pachycormus macropterus (91672) | |
Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany | Elops macropterus, Pachycormus curtus, Saurostomus esocinus, Esox incognitus (122170) | |
Early/Lower Toarcian | France | Elops macropterus, Pachycormus macropterus, Pachycormus curtus (122732) Pachycormus curtus (122733) Pachycormus curtus, Saurostomus esocinus (122735) Pachycormus macropterus, Pachycormus curtus (122731) Pachycormus sp. (122736) | |
Falciferum | United Kingdom (England) | Pachycormus sp., Pachycormus macropterus, Saurostomus esocinus (132646) | |
Falciferum | Germany (Baden-Württenburg) | Saurostomus esocinus (91658) | |
Falciferum | France | Caturus gigas, Caturus cotteaui, Parathrissops milloti, Pachycormus elongatus (122734) | |
Falciferum | Luxembourg | Pachycormus macropterus (233564) Saurostomus sp., Saurostomus esocinus (228290) | |
Falciferum | Luxembourg (Mondercange) | Pachycormus macropterus (224066 233563) | |
Falciferum | Germany | Saurostomus esocinus, Germanostomus pectopteri (228286) Saurostomus sp., Saurostomus esocinus, Germanostomus pectopteri (139759) | |
Tenuicostatum | Germany (Baden-Württenburg) | Saurostomus esocinus (122460 228287 228288 228289) Saurostomus sp., Saurostomus esocinus (228291) | |
Tenuicostatum | Italy | Pachycormus sp. (190202) | |
Toarcian | France | Poisson indet. (122738) | |
Toarcian | United Kingdom | Elops macropterus (132036) Pachycormus curtus (131929) | |
Toarcian | Germany | Elops macropterus, Pachycormus curtus (131924) Elops macropterus, Pachycormus curtus, Sauropsis latus (122169) Euthynotus incognitus (138749) Saurostomus esocinus (132037) | |
Toarcian | United Kingdom (England) | Pachycormus curtus, Pachycormus acutirostris (122372) Pachycormus curtus, Saurostomus esocinus, Pachycormus acutirostris (122167 122373) | |
Toarcian | Germany (Würtemberg) | Elops macropterus, Pachycormus curtus, Saurostomus esocinus, Sauropsis latus (122171) | |
Middle Bathonian | France | Leedsichthys sp. (174569) | |
Callovian | United Kingdom (England) | Leedsichthys sp. (149242 149243) | |
Early/Lower Callovian | France | Leedsichthys sp. (174570) | |
Early/Lower Callovian | Chile (Antofagasta) | Pachycormus sp. (170680) | |
Middle Callovian | United Kingdom (England) | Pachycormidae indet. (149245) Pachycormus macropomus (133067) | |
Late/Upper Callovian - Middle Oxfordian | France (Basse Normandie) | Leedsichthys problematicus (174568) | |
Oxfordian | Chile (Antofagasta) | Pachycormus sp. (172175) | |
Oxfordian | Chile | Hypsocormus sp. (215835) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | France (Aquitaine) | Hypsocormus n. sp. (94532) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Eastern Barvaria) | Orthocormus roeperi (187436) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Hypsocormus macrodon (154138) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | Mexico (Coahuila) | Pachycormidae indet. (104859) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bavaria) | Hypsocormus sp. (130762) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Pachycormidae indet. (35262) | |
Cretaceous | USA (Delaware) | Bonnerichthys gladius (125954) | |
Barremian | Japan (Ishikawa) | Pachycormidae indet. (32324 50357) | |
Late/Upper Albian | United Kingdom (England) | Protosphyraena ferox (94253) | |
Senonian - Maastrichtian | Jordan | Protosphyraena libyea (36256) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Protosphyraena sp. (73862) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian | Spain (Asturias) | Protosphyraena sp. (98396) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Colorado) | Protosphyraena sp. (132505) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Kansas) | Protosphyraena sp. (213416 213418 213419) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian | Italy | Protosphyraena ferox (214600) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (South Dakota) | Protosphyraena sp. (117819) | |
Middle Cenomanian | USA (Colorado) | Protosphyraena sp. (35429 213403) | |
Middle Cenomanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Protosphyraena sp. (22731 52997) | |
Middle Cenomanian | USA (Kansas) | Protosphyraena sp. (94538) | |
Turonian - Coniacian | USA (Texas) | Protosphyraena sp. (107425) | |
Middle Turonian | USA (Nebraska) | Protosphyraena sp. (213389) | |
Middle Turonian | USA (Kansas) | Protosphyraena sp. (213387) | |
Santonian | USA (Alabama) | Protosphyraena sp., Protosphyraena nitida (81928) | |
Santonian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | Protosphyraena sp. (232890) | |
Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Protosphyraena tenuis (94652) | |
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Protosphyraena sp. (81930 81931 81972) | |
Campanian | Canada (Manitoba) | Protosphyraena sp. (36707) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | Sweden (Skåne) | Protosphyraena sp. (74334 74335) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | Sweden | Protosphyraena sp. (102883) | |
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | Protosphyraena sp. (128412) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Chile (Valparaíso) | Pachycormidae indet. (124311) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | Protosphyraena sp. (213580 213582 213585 213589 213593 213618 213620) |