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Notopteridae (knifefish)
Taxonomy
Notopteridae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Woodward (1901); to Notopteroidei by Jordan (1963); and to Osteoglossiformes by Lim (1996), Khajuria and Prasad (1998), Betancur et al. (2013) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Woodward (1901); to Notopteroidei by Jordan (1963); and to Osteoglossiformes by Lim (1996), Khajuria and Prasad (1998), Betancur et al. (2013) and Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1901 | Notopteridae Woodward p. 85 |
| 1963 | Notopteridae Jordan p. 623 |
| 1996 | Notopteridae Lim p. 287 |
| 1998 | Notopteridae Khajuria and Prasad |
| 2013 | Notopteridae Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Notopteridae Nelson et al. p. 158 |
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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. Notopteridae [knifefish]
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G. †Notopteridarum
Invalid names: Notopterinae [empty], Xenomystinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | India (Andhra Pradesh) | Notopteridae indet. (27014) Notopterus nolfi (122240) |