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PADDLEFISH CLASSES
SuperClass PISCES Linnaeus, 1758- fishes
Class OSTEICHTHYES Huxley, 1880- bony fishes
Subclass ACTINOPTERYGII Cope, 1887- ray-finned fishes
Infraclass CHONDROSTEI Muller, 1844- chondrostean fishes
Order ACIPENSERIFORMES Berg, 1940- sturgeons and paddlefishes
Family POLYODONTIDAE Bonaparte, 1837- paddlefishes
Family:Polyodontidae Bonaparte, 1837-paddlefishes
(=Prionidae Swainson, 1839; Spatularidae Zittel, 1890)
Genus: Polyodon Lacepede, 1797, pg.54-American paddlefishes
(=Megarhinus Rafinesque, 1820, pg.251 for paradoxus Rafinesque, 1820, pg.251;
Platirostra LeSueur, 1818, pg.223 for edentula LeSueur, 1818;?
Proceros Rafinesque, 1820, pg.87 for maculatus Rafinesque, 1820, pg.87-
nomen dubium-; Spatularia Shaw, 1804, gp.362 for spathula Walbaum, 1792)
Polyodon spathula (Walbaum, 1792, pg.522)- American paddlefish * type
species by monotypy
(as Squalus spathula Walbaum, 1792)
(=edentula LeSueur, 1818, pg.227, Type locality: Ohio River, U.S.A.;feuille
Lacepede, 1797, pg.49, Type locality: unknown;folium Bloch et Schneider,
1801, pg.457, Type locality: Mississippi River, American Louisiana,
U.S.A.;?
maculatus Rafinesque, 1820, pg. 87, Type locality: Genevieve, Missouri,
U.S.A.-nomen dubium -;paradoxus Rafinesque, 1820, pg.251-not
available, name only-pristis Rafinesque, 1818, pg.354, Type locality:
Ohio
River, U.S.A.-not available, name only-; reticulata, Shaw, 1804, pg.
362,
Type locality: Indian Seas[questionable]; vittatus Rafinesque, 1820,
pg. 87,
Type locality: Lake Ontario, North America)
Distribution: Mississippi River drainage, North America
Type locality: Mississippi River in Louisiana, U.S.A. (based upon Mauduyt,
1774-no type known)
Polyodon tuberculata Grande et Bemis, 1991, pg. 38-American Paleocene
paddlefish
Distribution: Montana; Paleocene
Type locality: Tullock Formation, Montana. (UCMP)
Genus: Psephurus Gunther, 1873, pg. 250-Chinese paddlefishes
Psephurus gladius (Martens, 1861, pg. 476)-Chinese paddlefish * type
species by monotypy
(as Polyodon gladius Martens, 1861)
(=angustifolium Kaup, 1862, pg.278, Type locality: Japanese Sea) Distribution:
Yangtze River, China Type locality: Yangtze River, China. (?ZMB)
Fossil forms:
Genus: Crossopholis Cope, 1883, pg. 162-American Eocene paddlefishes
(=Crossophilus Jordan, 1920, pg. 434; Crossophilus Cope, 1883)
Crossophilus magnicaudatus Cope, 1886, pg. 162-American Eocene paddlefish
* type species by monotypy
Distribution: W North America; Eocene Type locality: Fossil Butte Member
of the Green River Formation, Wyoming (AMNH)
Genus: Paleopsephurus MacAlpin, 1941, pg. 1989-American Cretaceous paddlefishes
Paleopsephurus wilsoni MacAlpin, 1941, pg. 1989-Wilson's paddlefish
* type species by monotypy
Distribution: W Europe; Upper Cretaceous Type locality: Upper Cretaceous
chalk of England. (BMNH)
[Note: some do not include this genus in the Family Polyodontidae]
Genus: Protosephurus Lu, 1994, pg. 135-Jurassic paddlefishes
Protosephurus liui Lu, 1994, pg. 135-Chinese Jurassic paddlefish * type
species by monotypy
Distribution: Upper Jurassic, northeast China Type locality: Upper Jurassic,
Yixian Formation, Songzhanghi Village, Lingyuan County
Lianoning Province, northeast China.
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