Hiodon woodruffi

†Hiodon woodruffi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hiodontiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohort: Osteoglossocephala Cohort/Superordo: Osteoglossomorpha Ordo: Hiodontiformes

Familia: Hiodontidae
Genus: Hiodon
Species: †Hiodon woodruffi

Name

Hiodon woodruffi (Wilson) Hilton & Grande, 2008

Synonyms

• †Eohiodon woodruffi Wilson, 1978 (protonym)

Type locality

• Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanogan Highlands; Klondike Mountain Formation, Tom Thumb tuff; Tom Thumb mine, Trout Creek valley, Ferry County, Washington, United States

Type material

• Holotype: UA 13227 A&B
  • Repository: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • Collected: 1976

• Topotypes: UA 13225, 13241, 13244, 13250, 13262, 1326
  • Repository: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • Collected: 1976

• Referred material: NMC 2080, 2086, 9891K
  • Repository: Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

• Referred material: ROM 11144
  • Repository: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Etymology

• "The specific name honours R. Woodruff and his parents of Republic."

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Tom Thumb tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
  • Unnamed Shale beds "Horsefly Shales", Unnamed sediments group; Near Horsefly, Horsefly River Valley, Cariboo region, central British Columbia, Canada

References

Primary references

• Wilson, M.V.H. 1978. Eohiodon woodruffi n. sp. (Teleostei, Hiodontidae), from the Middle Eocene Klondike Mountain Formation near Republic, Washington. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 15(5): 679–686. doi:10.1139/e78-075. ISSN 0008-4077.  Reference page. 

Additional references

• Li, G.-Q., Wilson, M.V.H. & Grande, L. 1997. Review of Eohiodon (Teleostei: Osteoglossomorpha) from western North America, with a phylogenetic reassessment of Hiodontidae. Journal of Paleontology 71(6): 1109–1124. ISSN 0022-3360.  JSTOR Reference page. 
• Hilton, E.J.; Grande, L. (2008). "Fossil Mooneyes (Teleostei: Hiodontiformes, Hiodontidae) from the Eocene of western North America, with a reassessment of their taxonomy". Birth of the modern world: the Tertiary. Vol. 295. Geological Society, London, Special Publications. pp. 221–251. doi:10.1144/SP295.13. Reference page.