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Ephippiformes

Actinopteri - Ephippiformes

Taxonomy
Ephippiformes was named as an order. It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Ephippiformes by Jordan (1963).

It was assigned to Cirrhitoidei by Jordan (1963); and to Percomorpharia by Betancur et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Ephippiformes Jordan p. 705
2013Ephippiformes Betancur et al.

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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
orderEphippiformes
orderEphippiformes

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. †Archaephippus Blot 1969
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Archaephippus asper Volta 1796
G. †Chaetodipterus Lacepede 1802
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Chaetodipterus faber Broussonet 1782
G. †Eoplatax Blot 1969
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Eoplatax papilio Volta 1796
G. †Laparon Casier 1966
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Laparon alticeps Casier 1966
G. †Whitephippus Casier 1966
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Whitephippus tamesis Casier 1966
Invalid names: Drepaneidae [empty], Drepanidae [empty], Scorpidae [empty]
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 Bartonian or 56.00000 to 38.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Archaephippus asper, Eoplatax papilio (94830)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Whitephippus tamesis (13299)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain Chaetodipterus sp. (141924)