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Prionolepididae
Taxonomy
Prionolepididae was named by Goody (1969). Its type is Prionolepis.
It was assigned to Cimolichthyoidei by Goody (1969); and to Aulopiformes by Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Cimolichthyoidei by Goody (1969); and to Aulopiformes by Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Prionolepis (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1969 | Prionolepididae Goody p. 178 |
| 2016 | Prionolepididae Nelson et al. p. 267 |
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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. †Prionolepididae Goody 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.30000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | Prionolepis angustus (63042 222438 222567 222569 222570) | |
| Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian | United Kingdom (England) | Prionolepis angustus (222571) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian | Mexico (Coahuila) | Prionolepididae indet. (92293) |