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Uranoscopidae

Actinopteri - Uranoscopiformes - Uranoscopidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Uranoscopidae Jordan p. 731
1966Uranoscopidae Casier p. 452
2011Uranoscopidae Carnevale et al.
2013Uranoscopidae Betancur et al.
2016Uranoscopidae Nelson et al. p. 426
2018Uranoscopidae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 189

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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
orderUranoscopiformes
familyUranoscopidae
familyUranoscopidae

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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Astroscopus countermani Carnevale et al. 2011
G. †Uranoscopidarum Unknown
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Uranoscopidarum cochlearis Girone and Nolf 2009
G. Uranoscopus Linnaeus 1758
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Uranoscopus ignavus Schwarzhans 1980
Uranoscopus rotundatus Casier 1966
Uranoscopus rudis Schwarzhans 2019
Uranoscopus tectiformis Schwarzhans 2019
G. †Xenocephalus Kaup 1858
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Xenocephalus otaianus Schwarzhans 2019
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 Bortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 43.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Kachchh) Uranoscopidarum sp. (202251)
Bortonian43.0 - 37.2New Zealand (South Island) Uranoscopus ignavus (219322 219503)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Indonesia (Java) Uranoscopidae indet. (202252)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Uranoscopidarum cochlearis (78617)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Uranoscopidae indet. (75638)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Uranoscopus rudis (219615) Uranoscopus sp. (219611)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (South Island) Xenocephalus otaianus (219590)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Uranoscopus sp. (219196)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Uranoscopus tectiformis (219597 219598 219744)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) Uranoscopus sp. (161993)
Lillburnian - Waiauan13.65 - 11.608New Zealand (South Island) Uranoscopus sp. (219610)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Astroscopus countermani (135808)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Astroscopus sp., Kathetostoma sp. (52582)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Astroscopus sp. (73485)