Daptinus

Daptinus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 87–82 Ma
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 (Coniacian-Campanian)
Part of the skull of AMNH 1906, here labelled as belonging to Saurodon leanus[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Ichthyodectiformes
Family: †Ichthyodectidae
Subfamily: †Saurodontinae
Genus: †Daptinus
Cope, 1873
Species:
†D. phlebotomus
Binomial name
†Daptinus phlebotomus
(Cope, 1870)
Synonyms
Image 1878 from the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, labelled Daptinus Intermedius

Daptinus is an extinct genus of ichthyodectid fishes within the subfamily Saurodontinae, from the Late Cretaceous (Coniacian-Campanian) Niobrara Formation of Alabama,[2] that was originally named as a species of Saurocephalus (S. phlebotomus) in 1870 by Edward Drinker Cope,[2][3] and then became a species of Saurodon in 1871, but was moved to a separate genus in 1873.[4][5] Subsequent authors listed Daptinus as a tentative, possible synonym of Saurocephalus or Saurodon leanus.[6] The holotype, which is probably the only known specimen discovered to date, is AMNH 1906,[7] which is listed as containing vertebrae (?) and portions of the cranium, the latter including the dentary, maxilla and palate.[2]

  1. ^ Stewart, A. (1900). Teleosts of the Upper Cretaceous. The University Geological Survey of Kansas. Topeka VI 257-403, 6 figs., pls. XXXIII-LXXVIII.
  2. ^ a b c Cope, E. D. (1870). On the Saurodontidæ. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11:529-538
  3. ^ IRMNG (2021). Daptinus Cope, 1873 †. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1391000 on 2021-01-14
  4. ^ Cope, E. D. (1873). On two new species of Saurodontidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 25:2-339
  5. ^ E. D. Cope. (1874). Review of the Vertebrata of the Cretaceous Period found west of the Mississippi River. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, First Series 2:3-48
  6. ^ O. P. Hay. (1902). Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179:1-868
  7. ^ Bardack, D. and Sprinkle, G. (1969). Morphology and relationships of saurocephalid fishes. Fieldiana Geology 16(12):297-340.