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Alepocephalidae
Taxonomy
Alepocephalidae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Clupeoidei by Danil'chenko (1960) and Jordan (1963); to Alepocephaliformes by Betancur et al. (2013) and Nelson et al. (2016); and to Argentiniformes by Lin et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Clupeoidei by Danil'chenko (1960) and Jordan (1963); to Alepocephaliformes by Betancur et al. (2013) and Nelson et al. (2016); and to Argentiniformes by Lin et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1960 | Alepocephalidae Danil'chenko p. 14 |
| 1963 | Alepocephalidae Jordan p. 622 |
| 2013 | Alepocephalidae Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Alepocephalidae Nelson et al. p. 173 |
| 2017 | Alepocephalidae Lin et al. p. 15 |
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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. Alepocephalidae
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G. Alepocephalus Goode and Bean 1879
G. Xenodermichthys Günther 1878
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†Xenodermichthys catulus Schubert 1908
†Xenodermichthys senesi Nolf and Brzobohaty 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Rupelian | Azerbaijan | Palaeotroctes strictus (186452) | |
| Chattian | France | Alepocephalidae indet., Xenodermichthys senesi (219194) | |
| Langhian | France | Xenodermichthys senesi (219197) | |
| Tortonian | Italy | Xenodermichthys senesi (187503 187506) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Italy | Alepocephalus sp. (159455) | |
| Gelasian - Ionian | Greece (Kephallonia) | Alepocephalus sp. (207577) |