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Acipenseridae

Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Acipenseridae Bonaparte
1902Acipenseridae Hay p. 371
1964Acipenseridae Estes p. 20
1969Acipenseridae Estes p. 3
1970Acipenseridae Applegate p. 398
1970Propenser hewletti Applegate pp. 399-401 figs. Figs. 180-185
1981Acipenseridae Thurmond and Jones p. 81
1996Acipenseridae Grande and Bemis p. 109 fig. 11
2001Acipenseridae Peng et al. p. 11
2001Acipenseridae Purdy et al. p. 161
2006Acipenseridae Grande and Hilton p. 5
2012Acipenseridae Fierstine et al. p. 11
2013Acipenseridae Betancur et al.
2016Acipenseridae Nelson et al. p. 119
2018Acipenseridae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 163
2022Acipenseridae Hilton and Grande
2023Acipenseridae Murray et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderAcipenseriformesBerg 1940
familyAcipenseridaeBonaparte 1831
familyAcipenseridaeBonaparte 1831

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. Acipenseridae Bonaparte 1831
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G. Acipenser Linnaeus 1758 [sturgeon]
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†Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902
†Acipenser amnisinferos Hilton and Grande 2022
Acipenser brevirostrum Leseuer 1818 [shortnose sturgeon]
†Acipenser eruciferus Cope 1876
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Invalid names: Ceratodus hieroglyphus Cope 1876 [synonym]
Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque 1817 [lake sturgeon]
†Acipenser gigantissimus Nessov 1997
†Acipenser molassicus Probst 1882
†Acipenser ornatus Leidy 1873
†Acipenser oxyrhynchus Mitchell 1814
†Acipenser praeparatorum Hilton and Grande 2022
†Acipenser toliapicus Agassiz 1844
†Acipenser tuberculosus Probst 1882
Invalid names: Acipenses Linck 1790 [synonym]
Subfm. Acipenserinae Bonaparte 1838
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Invalid names: Acipenserini [empty]
G. †Boreiosturion Murray et al. 2023
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†Boreiosturion labyrinthicus Murray et al. 2023
Subfm. Husinae
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G. Huso Brandt and Ratzeburg 1833 [beluga]
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Huso huso Linnaeus 1758
Subfm. †Priscosturioninae Grande and Hilton 2009
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G. †Priscosturion Grande and Hilton 2009
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†Priscosturion longipinnis Grande and Hilton 2006
G. †Propenser Applegate 1970
Subfm. †Psammorhynchinae Grande and Hilton 2006
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G. †Psammorhynchus Grande and Hilton 2006
Subfm. Scaphirhynchinae Bonaparte 1846
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G. †Protoscaphirhynchus Wilimovsky 1956
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†Protoscaphirhynchus squamosus Wilimovsky 1956
G. Pseudoscaphirhynchus Nikolskii 1900
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G. Scaphirhynchus Heckel 1836
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Invalid names: Propenser hewletti Applegate 1970 [nomen dubium], Propenserinae Applegate 1970 [empty], Pseudoscaphirhynchinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:46:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:46:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (133 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Propenser hewletti (81932 81934)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Acipenser sp. (14455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Acipenser albertensis (22695 22696 22697 22698 34302 34303 34305 34307 34309 34310 34311 34312 34313 34315 34319 34321 34322 45238 45262 47807 47814 47816) Acipenser sp. (22640 36264 98674) Acipenseridae indet. (227125) Boreiosturion labyrinthicus (231935)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Alaska) Acipenseridae indet. (231243 231244 240913) Osteichthyes indet. (14495)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Mexico) Acipenser eruciferus (36449 36541)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Acipenser albertensis (47794) Acipenser sp. (47809) Acipenseridae indet. (45560 45561 45564 45670 45820)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Acipenser sp. (14437) Psammorhynchus longipinnis (69281)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Acipenser sp. (14462 14490)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Saskatchewan) Acipenser sp. (229975)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Acipenser sp. (55363) Acipenseridae indet. (229870)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Acipenser sp. (14610)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Acipenser sp. (14537)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Acipenser eruciferus (14582) Acipenser sp. (14508 14548 14549 14613) Acipenser sp., Acipenseridae indet. (14512) Acipenseridae indet. (14580)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Acipenser eruciferus (14519 14538 14557 14566 14577) Acipenser sp. (14514)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Acipenser sp. (45099 45109 45111 45122 45133 45144 45145)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Russian Federation (Volgograd) Acipenser gigantissimus (142788)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Acipenser eruciferus (14585) Acipenser sp. (45843)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Acipenser albertensis (224484) Acipenser sp. (45390)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Acipenser eruciferus (13142) Protoscaphirhynchus squamosus (67129)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Acipenser amnisinferos, Acipenser praeparatorum (227364)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Acipenser sp. (85498 85499)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene72.2 - 61.66USA (New Jersey) Acipenser albertensis (26819)
Pu166.0 - 63.8USA (Montana) Acipenseridae indet. (14762)
Pu266.0 - 63.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Acipenseridae indet. (14764)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (Montana) Acipenser sp. (14766 123518)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Illinois) Propenser hewletti (70129)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (North Dakota) Acipenser sp. (14962)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Acipenser sp. (14874)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (North Dakota) Acipenser sp. (14931)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Acipenserinae indet. (38950)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Acipenser sp. (38868) Acipenser toliapicus (13299)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom Acipenser sp., Acipenser toliapicus (215472)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Virginia) Acipenser sp. (15595)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Acipenseridae indet. (46767)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Acipenser toliapicus (41888 41989 41992 41998)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk) Acipenser sp. (175920)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Acipenseridae indet. (160743)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Acipenser sp. (18284)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Acipenser sp. (71795)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Acipenser ornatus (79793)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Acipenseridae indet. (225315)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Virginia) Acipenser ornatus (187324) Acipenser sp. (57700 71806)
Pannonian11.63 - 7.246Hungary Acipenseridae indet. (237418)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Acipenser sp. (24237)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium Acipenser sp. (217346)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Denmark (Jutland) Acipenser sp. (34521)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ukraine Acipenser gueldenstaedtii (187783)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Netherlands Acipenser sturio (53889)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Acipenseridae indet. (52223 196919)
Messinian - Early/Lower Pleistocene7.246 - 0.774Netherlands Acipenser sturio (189573)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Moldova Acipenser sp. (198590)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Acipenser oxyrhynchus (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Acipenser sp. (39409)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Netherlands Acipenser sturio (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Acipenser oxyrhinchus (188304)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.4 - 0.014USA (California) Acipenser sp. (67490)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Oregon) Acipenser medirostris (222408 222409)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Acipenser sp. (58421 77754)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Acipenser medirostris (155393)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Acipenser baerii (171637)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Acipenser fulvescens (224189) Acipenser sp. (51005)