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Chaetodontidae

Actinopteri - Chaetodontidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Chaetodontidae Hay p. 400
1963Chaetodontidae Jordan p. 706
1964Chaetodon penniger Bogatshov
1980Chaetodon penniger Danil'chenko p. 139
1980Chaetodontidae Danil'chenko p. 139
2006Chaetodontidae Carnevale p. 252
2013Chaetodontidae Betancur et al.
2016Chaetodontidae Nelson et al. p. 454

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

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. †Acanthocaetodon Bleeker 1876
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G. †Centropyge Kaup 1860
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Centropyge kotthausi Nolf 1972
G. Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. †Chaetodon (Arambourgchaetodon) Carnevale 2006
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Chaetodon haplodon Smirnov 1939
G. †Chelmo Cloquet 1817
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Chelmo fossilis de Beaufort 1926
G. Chelmon Cloquet 1817
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Chelmon fossilis De Beaufort 1926
G. †Holocentroides Pauca 1931
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G. Pomacanthus Lacépède 1802
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Pomacanthus fitchi Nolf 1972
Pomacanthus subarcuatus Blainville 1818
Invalid names: Chaetodon penniger Bogatshov 1964 [invalid subgroup]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Eocene to the top of the Gelasian or 56.00000 to 1.80600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9France Pomacanthus fitchi, Centropyge kotthausi (220174)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Azerbaijan Chaetodon penniger (187091)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Poland Chaetodontidae indet. (186633 186634)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Chaetodontidae indet., Tholichthys sp. (68021)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Czech Republic (Tschechien) Holocentroides macropthalmus (185664)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Maros) Chelmo fossilis (187654)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Chaetodon ficheuri (59256)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Chaetodon cheuri (186585) Chaetodon ficheuri (186582 186631 186632)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy (Bologna) Chaetodon hoefleri (186574)