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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	35641	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35641

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Acipenseriformes : Cylindracanthus

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	Chondrostei	Müller 1844
order	Acipenseriformes	Berg 1940
suborder	Acipenseriodei	Nelson 2016
genus	Cylindracanthus	Leidy 1856

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cylindracanthus	genus	subjective synonym of Coelorhynchus	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Cylindracanthus	genus	belongs to Blochiidae	stated without evidence	White, 1926
Cylindracanthus	genus	belongs to Xiphiidae	stated without evidence	Bohm, 1926
Cylindracanthus	genus	belongs to Blochiidae	stated without evidence	Casier, 1966
Cylindracanthus	genus	belongs to Dercetidae	stated without evidence	Weems, 1999
Cylindracanthus	genus	belongs to Acanthomorpha	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Cylindracanthus	genus	belongs to Acipenseriodei	stated without evidence	Ebersole et al., 2019

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Acipenseriformes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Acipenseriformes)

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
Cylindracanthus acus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Cylindracanthus bisulcatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cylindracanthus gigas ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Cylindracanthus isnusris ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Cylindracanthus ornatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cylindracanthus rectus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	29	56.0 Ma Paleocene	38.0 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1856	Cylindracanthus Leidy
1926	Cylindracanthus Bohm p. 83
1926	Cylindracanthus White p. 67
1942	Cylindracanthus Leriche p. 39
1943	Cylindracanthus Arambourg and Joleaud p. 52
1966	Cylindracanthus Casier p. 172

Year	Name and Author
1981	Cylindracanthus Thurmond and Jones p. 106
1987	Cylindracanthus Schultz p. 110
1987	Cylindracanthus Udovichenko and Nessov p. 173
1999	Cylindracanthus Weems p. 61
2002	Cylindracanthus Sepkoski, Jr.
2019	Cylindracanthus Ebersole et al. p. 150

References

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

Bohm J. (1926) Über Tertiäre versteinerungen von den Bogenfelser diamantfeldern, Beiträge zur geologischen Erforschung der deutschen Schutzgebiete 2, 55-87

White E. I. (1926) Eocene fishes from Nigeria, Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Nigeria 10, 1-87

Leriche M. (1942) Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis, Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45, 1-111

Arambourg C., Joleaud L. (1943) Vertébrés fossiles du bassin du Niger [Fossil vertebrates of the Niger basin], Bulletin de la Service des Mines de l'Afrique Occidentale Française 7, 28-85

Casier E. (1966) , Faune ichthyologique du London Clay, 1-510

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

Schultz O. (1987) Taxonomische Neugruppierung der Überfamilie Xiphioidea (Pisces, Osteichthyes), Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie A für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Anthropologie und Prähistorie 89, 95-202

Weems R. E. (1999) Part 4. Actinopterygian Fishes from the Fisher/Sullivan Site, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 152, 53-100

Ebersole J. A., Cicimurri D. J., et al (2019) Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths, European Journal of Taxonomy 585, 1-274 doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.585

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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