VOOZH about

URL: https://www.mindat.org/taxon-P35586.html

⇱ Stratodus


👁 Image
Now Featuring: The Bruce Carter Collection at Heritage Auctions, Live May 16th
Log InRegister
AboutSupport UsPhotosDiscussionsSearchLearnMore

👁 Image
Stratodus

This page is currently not sponsored. Click here to sponsor this page.
Photos
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)35586https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35586
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Alepisauriformes : Dercetidae : Stratodus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassNeopterygii
-TeleosteomorphaArratia et al. 2004
-Teleostei
-Osteoglossocephalai
-ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
-Euteleosteomorpha
-NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
-Eurypterygia
orderAlepisauriformesRegan 1911
suborderIchthyotringoideiGoody 1969
familyDercetidaeCope
genusStratodusCope 1872
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Stratodusgenusbelongs to Stratodontidaestated without evidenceHay, 1902
Stratodusgenusbelongs to Dercetidaestated with evidenceTabaste, 1963
Stratodusgenusbelongs to Dercetidaestated without evidenceApplegate, 1970
Stratodusgenusbelongs to Alepisauriformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance55.8 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Alepisauriformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Alepisauriformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
👁 Image
Stratodus apicalis
species
listed (PBDB)1386.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
55.8 Ma
Eocene
👁 Image
Stratodus oxypogon
species
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1872Stratodus Cope
1902Stratodus Hay p. 387
1963Stratodus Tabaste p. 476
1970Stratodus Applegate p. 421
1981Stratodus Thurmond and Jones p. 101
2002Stratodus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Tabaste N. (1963) Étude derestes de poissons du Crétacé saharien [Study of fish remains from the Saharan Cretaceous], Mélanges Ichthyologiques Dédiés à la Mémoire d’Achille Valenciennes (1794–1865). Mémoires de l’Institute Français d’Afrique Noire 68, 437-485
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
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!
Mindat.org® is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Mindat® and mindat.org® are registered trademarks of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2026, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph and Ida Chau.
To cite: Ralph, J., Von Bargen, D., Martynov, P., Zhang, J., Que, X., Prabhu, A., Morrison, S. M., Li, W., Chen, W., & Ma, X. (2025). Mindat.org: The open access mineralogy database to accelerate data-intensive geoscience research. American Mineralogist, 110(6), 833–844. doi:10.2138/am-2024-9486.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: April 4, 2026 08:24:32 Page updated: July 16, 2025 18:18:03
Go to top of page