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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	35262	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35262

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Ichthyodectiformes : Ichthyodectidae : Ichthyodectes

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
superclass	Actinopterygii
class	Actinopteri
subclass	Neopterygii
-	Teleosteomorpha	Arratia et al. 2004
-	Teleostei
-	Osteossomorpha
order	Ichthyodectiformes	Bardack and Sprinkle 1969
family	Ichthyodectidae	Crook 1892
genus	Ichthyodectes	Cope 1870

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ichthyodectes	genus	belongs to Chirocentridae	stated with evidence	Woodward, 1901
Ichthyodectes	genus	belongs to Ichthyodectinae	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Ichthyodectes	genus	belongs to Ichthyodectiformes	stated without evidence	Bardack and Sprinkle, 1969
Ichthyodectes	genus	belongs to Ichthyodectidae	stated without evidence	Applegate, 1970
Ichthyodectes	genus	belongs to Pachycormiformes	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Ichthyodectes	genus	belongs to Ichthyodectidae	stated with evidence	Shimada et al., 2006
Ichthyodectes	genus	belongs to Ichthyodectidae	stated without evidence	Cumbaa et al., 2006
Ichthyodectes	genus	belongs to Ichthyodectidae	stated with evidence	Cavin et al., 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

83.6 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Ichthyodectiformes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ichthyodectiformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ichthyodectes acanthicus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ichthyodectes anaides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ichthyodectes arcuatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ichthyodectes cruentus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ichthyodectes ctenodon ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	4	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ichthyodectes elegans ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ichthyodectes goodeanus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ichthyodectes hamatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ichthyodectes libanicus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ichthyodectes minor ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ichthyodectes multidentatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ichthyodectes parvus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ichthyodectes perniciosus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ichthyodectes prognathus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ichthyodectes tenuidens ✝ species	listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1870	Ichthyodectes Cope p. 536
1901	Ichthyodectes Woodward p. 99
1902	Ichthyodectes Hay p. 384
1969	Ichthyodectes Bardack and Sprinkle
1970	Ichthyodectes Applegate p. 418
1981	Ichthyodectes Thurmond and Jones p. 96
2002	Ichthyodectes Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Ichthyodectes Cumbaa et al. p. 150
2006	Ichthyodectes Shimada et al. p. 24
2013	Ichthyodectes Cavin et al. p. 170

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Woodward A. S. (1901) , Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV, 1-636

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Applegate S. P. (1970) The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama, Fieldiana: Geology Memoires 3 8, 385-433

Thurmond J. T., Jones D. E. (1981) , Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama, 1-244

Cumbaa S. L., Schröder-Adams C., et al (2006) Cenomanian bonebed faunas from the northeastern margin, Western Interior Seaway, Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35, 139-155

Shimada K., Schumacher B. A., et al (2006) Fossil marine vertebrates from the lowermost Greenhorn Limestone (Upper Cretaceous: Middle Cenomanian) in southeastern Colorado, Journal of Paleontology 80 sp 63, 1-45

Cavin L., Forey P. L., et al (2013) Osteology of Eubiodectes libanicus (Pictet & Humbert, ) and some other ichthyodectiformes (Teleostei): phylogenetic implications, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11 2, 115-177 doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.691559

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!

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