Daptinus

Daptinus; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 87–82 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ (Coniacian-Campanian)
	Part of the skull of AMNH 1906, here labelled as belonging to Saurodon leanus
Scientific 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
	Saurocephalus phlebotomus? Cope, 1870; Saurodon "phlebotomus" Cope, 1871;

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]

References

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

[1] Stewart, A. (1900). Teleosts of the Upper Cretaceous. The University Geological Survey of Kansas. Topeka VI 257-403, 6 figs., pls. XXXIII-LXXVIII.

[Cope1870-2] 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

[Hay1902-6] 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.

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