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Malacanthidae

Actinopteri - Malacanthidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Malacanthidae Jordan p. 702
2013Malacanthidae Betancur et al.
2014Malacanthidae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 1019
2016Malacanthidae Nelson et al. p. 456
2018Malacanthidae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 176

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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
familyMalacanthidae
familyMalacanthidae

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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Subfm. †Branchisteginae Jordan 1923
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G. Branchiostegus Rafinesque 1815
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†Branchiostegus brevis Lin et al. 2017
G. Lopholatilus Goode and Bean 1879
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†Lopholatilus ereborensis Carnevale and Godfrey 2014
†Lopholatilus rayus Purdy et al. 2001
G. †Malacanthus Poey 1861
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†Malacanthus carosii Carnevale 2016
†Malacanthus sulcatum Koken 1888
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 Lutetian to the top of the Zanclean or 47.80000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Branchiostegus brevis (188957)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Lopholatilus sp. (60379)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Lopholatilus ereborensis (71797 71808 79793) Lopholatilus sp. (71799)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Austria Malacanthus carosii (186861)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Lopholatilus ereborensis (45508 187324) Lopholatilus sp. (71801)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Branchiostegus mesogeus (59256)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps, Lopholatilus rayus (52582)