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Plethodidae

Actinopteri - Tselfatiiformes - Plethodidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Plethodidae Loomis
1954Tselfatiidae Arambourg
1964Tselfatiidae Patterson p. 426
1970Bananogmiidae Applegate p. 413
1981Bananogmiidae Thurmond and Jones p. 94
2006Plethodidae Cumbaa et al. p. 149
2006Plethodidae Shimada et al. p. 25
2016Plethodidae Nelson et al. p. 131
2016Tselfatiidae Nelson et al. p. 132
2020Plethodidae Amalfitano et al. p. 284
2023Plethodidae El Hossny et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderTselfatiiformesNelson 1994
familyPlethodidaeLoomis 1900
familyPlethodidaeLoomis 1900

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. †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. †Tselfatia
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Tselfatia formosa Arambourg 1943
G. †Zanclites
Invalid names: Bananogmiidae Applegate 1970 [synonym], Tselfatiidae Arambourg 1954 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Paleocene or 99.60000 to 61.70000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar (Magway Division) Dixonanogmius birmanicus (221183)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Italy (Treviso) Tselfatia formosa (214716)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany Rhamphoichthys taxidiotis (232607) Tselfatia formosa (221944)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Colorado) Plethodidae indet. (132505)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Italy Tselfatia formosa, Dixonanogmius dalmatius (214600)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Italy (Padova) Protosphyraena stebbingi (214718)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Kansas) Plethodidae indet. (213416 213418)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Paranogmius doederleini (214504 214505) Paranogmius doederleini, Plethodus libycus (214404)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Italy (Belluno) Tselfatia formosa (214717)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Rhamphoichthys taxidiotis (232606)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Italy (Vicenza) Tselfatia formosa, Dixonanogmius dalmatius (214715)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Colorado) Plethodidae indet. (35429 213403)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Nebraska) Plethodidae indet. (213308)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Plethodidae indet. (22731)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3USA (Texas) Pentanogmius fritschi (221658)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Puebla) Tselfatia formosa (127465)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Guerrero) Tselfatia sp. (232103)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Iowa) Plethodidae indet. (213400)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Kansas) Plethodidae indet. (213384 213385)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Nebraska) Plethodidae indet. (213389)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Kansas) Bananogmius ellisensis (213525) Plethodidae indet. (213387)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (Texas) Tselfatia formosa (221134)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Bananogmius evolutus (94652)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Alabama) Bananogmius crieleyi, Moorevillia hardi, Bananogmius zitteli (81928)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Kansas) Anogmius polymicrodus (188488)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (South Dakota) Bananogmius sp. (194130)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Alabama) Bananogmius polymicrodus (82054) Bananogmius sp. (81934)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Croatia Tselfatia dalmatia (221146) Tselfatia formosa (221145)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Manitoba) Ananogmius sp. (36746 36747)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (South Dakota) Teleostei indet. (39388)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco Plethodidae indet. (232152)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene70.6 - 61.7USA (New Jersey) Bananogmius sp. (26819)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Illinois) Bananogmius crieleyi (70129)