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Stephanodus
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Trigonodontidae : Stephanodus | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 161 - 156 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. R. Case and D. R. Schwimmer. 1988. Late Cretaceous Fish from the Blufftown Formation (Campanian) in Western Georgia. Journal of Paleontology 62(2):290-301 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Stephanodus lybicus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1883 | Stephanodus Zittel |
| 1963 | Stephanodus Tabaste p. 476 |
| 1987 | Stephanodus Kumar and Loyal p. 73 |
| 1988 | Stephanodus Case and Schwimmer p. 300 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
