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Alepocephaliformes

Actinopteri - Alepocephaliformes

Taxonomy
Alepocephaliformes is an order. It is extant.

It was assigned to Alepocephali by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Alepocephali by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Alepocephaliformes Betancur et al.
2016Alepocephaliformes Nelson et al. p. 172

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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
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Alepocephali
orderAlepocephaliformes
orderAlepocephaliformes

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. Alepocephalus Goode and Bean 1879
G. †Palaeotroctes Danil'chenko 1960
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†Palaeotroctes strictus Danil'chenko 1960
G. Xenodermichthys Günther 1878
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†Xenodermichthys catulus Schubert 1908
†Xenodermichthys senesi Nolf and Brzobohaty 1994
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G. †Vachalia Přikryl and Carnevale 2020
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†Vachalia moraviensis Přikryl and Carnevale 2020
Invalid names: Bathylaconidae Parr 1948 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Azerbaijan Palaeotroctes strictus (186452)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Czech Republic (Moravia) Vachalia moraviensis (104941 159705)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Alepocephalidae indet., Xenodermichthys senesi (219194)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Xenodermichthys senesi (219197)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Xenodermichthys senesi (187503 187506)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy Alepocephalus sp. (159455)
Gelasian - Ionian2.588 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) Alepocephalus sp. (207577)