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Elopoidea (disused)

Actinopteri - Elopiformes

Taxonomy
Elopoidea is a superfamily. It is extant.

It was assigned to Isospondyli by Jordan (1963); and to Elopoidei by Applegate (1970).

Synonymy list
p. 398
YearName and author
1963Elopoidea Jordan p. 617
1970Elopoidea Applegate p. 405

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Elopocephalai
Elopocephala
Elopomorpha()
orderElopiformesSauvage 1875
suborderElopoidei
superfamilyElopoidea
superfamilyElopoidea

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.

Superfm. Elopoidea
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Invalid names: Ganolytidae [empty], Raphiosauridae [empty]
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 21:12:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:12:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available