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Lophotidae
Taxonomy
Lophotidae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Histichthyes by Jordan (1963); to Trachipteroidei by Bannikov (1999); and to Lampriformes by Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Histichthyes by Jordan (1963); to Trachipteroidei by Bannikov (1999); and to Lampriformes by Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Lophotidae Jordan p. 666 |
| 1999 | Lophotidae Bannikov p. 73 |
| 2016 | Lophotidae Nelson et al. p. 283 |
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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.
Fm. Lophotidae
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†Lophotes elami Arambourg 1943
†Lophotes lenis Danilt'chenko 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Rupelian or 47.80000 to 28.10000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lutetian | Georgia | Lophotes lenis (185619) | |
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | Iran (Ilam) | Lophotes elami, Babelichthys olneyi (190737) | |
| Rupelian | Georgia | Oligolophotes fragosus (186469) |