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Lycopteridae

Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Lycopteridae

Taxonomy
Lycopteridae is a family. Its type is Lycoptera.

It was assigned to Osteoglossiformes by Chang and Chou (1974); and to Lycopteriformes by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Lycopteridae Chang and Chou
2016Lycopteridae Nelson et al. p. 154

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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)
Osteoglossocephalai
Osteoglossocephala
superorderOsteoglossomorpha
orderOsteoglossiformesBerg 1940
familyLycopteridae
familyLycopteridae

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.

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G. †Aokiichthys Yabumoto 1994
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Aokiichthys changae Yabumoto 1994
Aokiichthys otai Yabumoto 1994
Aokiichthys praedorsalis Yabumoto 1994
Aokiichthys toriyamai Yabumoto 1994
Aokiichthys uyenoi Yabumoto 1994
G. †Changichthys Su 1991
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G. †Yungkangichthys Chang and Chou 1974
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Yungkangichthys hsitanensis Chang and Chou 1974
Yungkangichthys macrodon Yabumoto 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:33:46
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:33:30
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Neocomian or 130.00000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neocomian145.0 - 125.77Japan (Fukuoka) Aokiichthys sp., Aokiichthys toriyamai, Aokiichthys changae, Aokiichthys otai, Aokiichthys uyenoi, Aokiichthys praedorsalis (145243) Yungkangichthys macrodon (145245)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46China (Liaoning) Changichthys dalinghensis (126448)