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Tselfatiiformes

Osteichthyes - Tselfatiiformes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Tselfatiiformes Nelson
2006Tselfatiiformes Cumbaa et al. p. 149
2011Tselfatiiformes Long p. 242
2016Tselfatiiformes Nelson et al. p. 131
2019Tselfatiiformes van der Laan p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderTselfatiiformesNelson 1994
orderTselfatiiformesNelson 1994

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. †Tselfatiiformes Nelson 1994
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G. †Eoplethodus Taverne 2000
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†Eoplethodus chaneti Taverne 2000
Fm. †Plethodidae Loomis 1900
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G. †Bananogmius Whitley 1940
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†Bananogmius aratus Cope 1877
†Bananogmius ellisensis Fielitz and Shimada 1999
†Bananogmius ornatus Woodward 1923
†Bananogmius zitteli Loomis 1900
Invalid names: Ananogmius White and Moy-Thomas 1940 [objective synonym], Anogmius Cope 1877 [replaced]
G. †Dixonanogmius Taverne 2000
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†Dixonanogmius birmanicus Taverne 1977
†Dixonanogmius dalmatius Bardack and Teller-Marshall 1980
G. †Niobrara
G. †Paranogmius Weiler 1935
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†Paranogmius doederleini Weiler 1935
G. †Pentanogmius Taverne 2000
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†Pentanogmius crieleyi Applegate 1970
†Pentanogmius evolutus Cope 1877
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Invalid names: Anogmius polymicrodus Stewart 1898 [synonym], Beryx multidentatus Stewart 1898 [synonym], Beryx polymicrodus Stewart 1898 [synonym]
†Pentanogmius fritschi Shimada 2016
†Pentanogmius pentagon Woodward 1899
G. †Plethodus Dixon 1850
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†Plethodus expansus Dixon 1850
†Plethodus libycus Weiler 1935
†Plethodus oblongus Dixon 1850
G. †Rhamphoichthys El Hossny et al. 2023
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†Rhamphoichthys taxidiotis El Hossny et al. 2023
Invalid names: Protosphyraena minor Agassiz 1837 [nomen dubium], Protosphyraena stebbingi Woodward 1909 [nomen dubium]
G. †Thryptodus Loomis 1900
G. †Tselfatia
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†Tselfatia formosa Arambourg 1943
G. †Zanclites
Invalid names: Bananogmiidae Applegate 1970 [synonym], Thryptodontidae [synonym], Tselfatiidae Arambourg 1954 [synonym]
Fm. †Protobramidae Le Danois and Le Danois 1964
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G. †Abisaadichthys Taverne and Gayet 2004
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†Abisaadichthys libanicus Taverne and Gayet 2004
G. †Eusebichthys Taverne and Gayet 2004
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†Eusebichthys byblosi Taverne and Gayet 2004
G. †Protobrama Woodward 1942
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†Protobrama avus Woodward 1942
†Protobrama woodwardi Taverne and Gayet 2004
G. †Pseudanogmius Taverne 2002
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†Pseudanogmius maiseyi Taverne 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:48:32
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:48:32
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Paleocene or 113.20000 to 61.66000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 110.1 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1France Plethodidae indet. (117101)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar (Magway Division) Dixonanogmius birmanicus (221183)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy (Treviso) Tselfatia formosa (214716)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Rhamphoichthys taxidiotis (232607) Tselfatia formosa (221944)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) Plethodidae indet. (213416 213418)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy (Padova) Protosphyraena stebbingi (214718)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Paranogmius doederleini (214504 214505) Paranogmius doederleini, Plethodus libycus (214404)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy (Vicenza) Tselfatia formosa, Dixonanogmius dalmatius (214715)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy Tselfatia formosa, Dixonanogmius dalmatius (214600)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy (Belluno) Tselfatia formosa (214717)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Plethodidae indet. (132505)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Abisaadichthys libanicus (221162) Eusebichthys byblosi (69118 237945) Protobrama avus (221233 221659) Protobrama avus, Abisaadichthys libanicus, Protobrama woodwardi (221065) Rhamphoichthys taxidiotis (232606)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Plethodidae indet. (22731)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Nebraska) Plethodidae indet. (213308 239336)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Plethodidae indet. (35429 213403)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Protosphyraena stebbingi, Anogmius ornatus (238509)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Plethodus expansus, Protosphyraena stebbingi, Pentanogmius pentagon, Protosphyraena minor (238510)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8USA (Texas) Pentanogmius fritschi (221658)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Nuevo León) Tselfatia sp. (84950)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) Plethodidae indet. (213384 213385)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Iowa) Plethodidae indet. (213400)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Nebraska) Plethodidae indet. (213389)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) Bananogmius ellisensis (213525) Plethodidae indet. (213387)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Puebla) Tselfatia formosa (127465)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Croatia Tselfatia dalmatia (221146)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Guerrero) Tselfatia sp. (232103)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Mexico (Coahuila) Tselfatiiformes indet. (92293)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (Texas) Tselfatia formosa (221134)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Pseudanogmius maiseyi (229117 229118)
Coniacian - Early/Lower Campanian89.8 - 72.2Canada (Manitoba) Ananogmius sp. (36742)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Anogmius polymicrodus (188488)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (South Dakota) Bananogmius sp. (194130)
Middle Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Plethodidae indet., Dixonanogmius sp. (241665)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Bananogmius evolutus (94652)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Alabama) Bananogmius crieleyi, Moorevillia hardi, Bananogmius zitteli (81928)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Bananogmius polymicrodus (82054) Bananogmius sp. (81934)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Croatia Tselfatia formosa (221145)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Dakota) Teleostei indet. (39388)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Manitoba) Ananogmius sp. (36746)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco Plethodidae indet. (232152)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene72.2 - 61.66USA (New Jersey) Bananogmius sp. (26819)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Illinois) Bananogmius crieleyi (70129)