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Typodus

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy
Typodus was named by Quenstedt (1858). Its type is Typodus annulatus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mesodon by Woodward (1916).

It was assigned to Pycnodontidae by Hay (1902); and to Mylostomidae by Jordan (1963).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Mesodon Wagner
1858Typodus Quenstedt
1878Mesodon Cope p. 298
1895Mesodon Woodward p. 199
1902Typodus Hay p. 372
1916Mesodon Woodward p. 48
1963Typodus Jordan p. 589

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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()
genusTypodusQuenstedt 1858

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. †Typodus Quenstedt 1858
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†Typodus abrasus Cragin 1894
†Typodus annulatus Quenstedt 1858
†Typodus diastemicus Cope 1894
†Typodus dumblei Cope 1892
†Typodus valens Hay 1916
Invalid names: Mesodon Wagner 1851 [replaced]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 201.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5Belgium (Luxembourg) Eomesodon liassicus (40087)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom Pycnodus liassicus (131892)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8United Kingdom Pycnodus liassicus (131994 131995)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1France Pycnodus rugulosus (131997)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom Pycnodus rugulosus (131998) Pycnodus rugulosus, Pycnodus bucklandi, Mesodon tenuidens (131844)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom Pycnodus bucklandi (131848)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Niedersachsen) Pycnodus bucklandi (67913)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Aquitaine) Mesodon affinis, Mesodon lingua, Mesodon n. sp. (94532)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Belgium (Sauerland) Mesodon bernissartensis (22645)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Mesodon thyroides (205510)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Mesodon clausus (205533)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mesodon thyroides (227391 227395)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Mesodon thyroidea (93103)