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Lepisosteidae

Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae

Taxonomy
Lepisosteidae was named by Cuvier (1825). It is extant.

It was reranked as the suborder Lepisosteidae by Huxley (1861); it was misspelled as Lepidosteidae by Woodward (1895), Hay (1902), Lambe (1908), Gardiner (1960), Jordan (1963), Estes (1964), Estes and Berberian (1970), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Cione (1987), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Bryant (1989), Normark et al. (1991), Cvancara and Hoganson (1993), Weems (1999), Cavin and Brito (2001), Purdy et al. (2001), Peng et al. (2001), Martinelli and Forasiepi (2004), Previtera and González Riga (2008), López-Arbarello (2012), Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018), Ebersole et al. (2019) and Agnolín et al. (2023).

It was assigned to Ganoidei by Huxley (1861); to Aetheospondyli by Woodward (1895) and Lambe (1908); to Semionotoidea by Gardiner (1960); to Ginglymodi by Hay (1902) and Jordan (1963); to Lepisostoidei by Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Osteichthyes by Cione (1987); to Lepisosteioidei by Case and Schwimmer (1988); to Holostei by Normark et al. (1991); to Ginglymodi by Cavin and Brito (2001); to Lepisosteoidea by López-Arbarello (2012); and to Lepisosteiformes by Estes (1964), Estes and Berberian (1970), Bryant (1989), Cvancara and Hoganson (1993), Weems (1999), Purdy et al. (2001), Peng et al. (2001), Martinelli and Forasiepi (2004), Previtera and González Riga (2008), Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018), Ebersole et al. (2019) and Agnolín et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Lepisosteidae Cuvier
1861Lepisosteidae Huxley p. 23
1895Lepidosteidae Woodward p. 440
1902Lepisosteidae Hay p. 376
1908Lepidosteidae Lambe
1960Lepidosteidae Gardiner p. 370
1963Lepisosteidae Jordan p. 615
1964Lepisosteidae Estes p. 43
1970Lepisosteidae Estes and Berberian p. 3
1981Lepisosteidae Thurmond and Jones p. 84
1987Lepisosteidae Cione p. 113
1988Lepisosteidae Case and Schwimmer p. 297
1989Lepisosteidae Bryant p. 22
1991Lepisosteidae Normark et al. p. 829
1993Lepisosteidae Cvancara and Hoganson p. 13
1999Lepisosteidae Weems p. 54
2001Lepisosteidae Cavin and Brito p. 662
2001Lepisosteidae Peng et al. p. 14
2001Lepisosteidae Purdy et al. p. 161
2004Lepisosteidae Martinelli and Forasiepi p. 260
2008Lepisosteidae Previtera and González Riga
2012Lepisosteidae López-Arbarello
2013Lepisosteidae Betancur et al.
2016Lepisosteidae Nelson et al. p. 123
2018Lepisosteidae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 163
2019Lepisosteidae Ebersole et al. p. 154
2023Lepisosteidae Agnolín et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderLepisosteiformesHay 1929
suborderLepisosteioidei
superfamilyLepisosteoidea
familyLepisosteidaeCuvier 1825
familyLepisosteidaeCuvier 1825

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. Lepisosteidae Cuvier 1825
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G. Atractosteus Rafinesque 1820
G. Lepidosteus Agassiz 1843
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Lepidosteus atrox Leidy 1873
Lepidosteus bison DeKay 1842
Lepidosteus glaber Marsh 1871
Lepidosteus longus Lambe 1908
Lepidosteus notabilis Leidy 1873
Lepidosteus simplex Leidy 1873
Lepidosteus whitneyi Marsh 1871
Subfm. Lepisosteinae Cuvier 1825
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Tr. Lepisosteini Cuvier 1825
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G. †Grandemarinus Cooper et al. 2023
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Grandemarinus gherisensis Cooper et al. 2023
G. †Herreraichthys Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2016
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Herreraichthys coahuilaensis Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2016
G. Lepisosteus Agassiz 1843
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Lepisosteus aganus Cope 1877
Lepisosteus cuneatus Cope 1884
Lepisosteus glaber Marsh 1871
Lepisosteus integer Cope 1877
Lepisosteus knieskerni Fowler 1911
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Invalid names: Lepidotus haydeni Leidy 1856 [synonym]
Lepisosteus osseus Linnaeus 1758
Lepisosteus whitneyi Marsh 1871
Invalid names: Clastes Cope 1872 [synonym], Pneumatosteus Cope 1869 [synonym]
G. †Masillosteus Micklich and Klappert 2001
G. †Nhanulepisosteus Brito et al. 2017
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Nhanulepisosteus mexicanus Brito et al. 2017
G. †Oniichthys Cavin and Brito 2001
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Oniichthys falipoui Cavin and Brito 2001
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:27:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:18
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Holocene or 145.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.9 Ma

Collections (623 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian - Valanginian152.1 - 132.9South Africa (Eastern Cape) Lepisosteidae indet. (88876)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9United Kingdom (England) Lepisosteus fittonii (168982)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5USA (Utah) Lepisosteidae indet. (97951)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0USA (Oklahoma) Lepisosteidae indet. (14374 14392)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0USA (Texas) Lepisosteus sp. (14375)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Texas) Lepisosteus sp. (14391)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Oniichthys falipoui (124314)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Libya (Awbari) Lepisosteidae indet. (45725)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Nevada) Lepisosteidae indet. (181586)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Lepisosteidae indet. (25325)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Utah) Lepisosteidae indet. (200123) Lepisosteus sp. (73611 73612)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Nunavut) Lepisosteidae indet. (45559)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Morocco Grandemarinus gherisensis (150881) Lepisosteidae indet. (133317)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Mexico (Coahuila) Herreraichthys coahuilaensis (210316)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Germany Lepisosteus sp. (228230)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Austria (Styria) Lepisosteus sp. (224480)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (New Mexico) Lepisosteidae indet. (52360)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Utah) Lepisosteus sp., Lepisosteidae indet. (14414)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Uzbekistan (Navoi) Lepisosteidae indet. (46959 58164 58179) Lepisosteus turanensis (58168)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Argentina (Neuquén) Lepisosteidae indet. (49097)