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Scopelidae

Scopelidae

Taxonomy
Scopelidae is a family.

It was assigned to Isospondyli by Woodward (1902); and to Actinopterygii by Eastman (1904).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Scopelidae Woodward p. 32
1904Scopelidae Eastman p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
Actinopterygii()
familyScopelidae
familyScopelidae

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. †Scopelidae
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G. †Tydeus Sauvage 1870
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Tydeus megistosoma Sauvage 1870
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Messinian or 23.03000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Maros) Scopelidae indet. (187654)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Tydeus megistosoma (185692)