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Callionymidae

Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Callionymidae

Taxonomy
Callionymidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Callionymoidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Callionymiformes by Jordan (1963) and Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Callionymidae Jordan p. 729
2013Callionymidae Betancur et al.
2016Callionymidae Nelson et al. p. 412

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Scombrimorpharia
orderSyngnathiformes
suborderCallionymoidei
familyCallionymidae
familyCallionymidae

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. Callionymus Linnaeus 1758
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†Callionymus eocaenus Casier 1946
†Callionymus hakatarameaensis Schwarzhans 2019
†Callionymus macrocephalus Gorjanovic-Kramberger 1882
†Callionymus triquetrus Schwarzhans 2019
G. †Protonymus Sytchevskaya and Prokofiev 2007
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†Protonymus miocenicus Pobedina 1954
†Protonymus primus Weiler 1943
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Invalid names: Protonymus gontsharovae Sytchevskaya and Prokofiev 2007 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Messinian or 56.00000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium Callionymus eocaenus (219001)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Callionymus sp. (41989 41992 41994 41996 41998)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Callionymus hakatarameaensis (219580)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India Callionymus vyali, Callionymus sp. (230225)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Callionymus triquetrus (219593)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Romania Callionymus primus (222591)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kazakhstan Protonymus primus, Protonymus miocenicus (174760)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Serbia and Montenegro (Belgrade) Callionymus macrocephalus (222229)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Russian Federation (Goryachii) Callionymus macrocephalus (211239)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Callionymus pusillus (186581 210628)