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Leiognathidae

Actinopteri - Leiognathidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Leiognathidae Danil'chenko p. 124
1963Leiognathidae Jordan p. 686
1980Leiognathidae Danil'chenko p. 132
1994Leiognathidae Yabumoto and Uyeno p. 68
2011Leiognathidae Schwarzhans and Bratischko p. 105
2013Leiognathidae Betancur et al.
2014Leiognathidae Bannikov p. 28
2014Leiognathidae Carnevale et al. p. 43
2016Leiognathidae Nelson et al. p. 453

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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
familyLeiognathidae
familyLeiognathidae

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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G. †Eoleiognathus Bannikov 2014
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Eoleiognathus dorsalis Agassiz 1838
G. †Euleiognathus Yabumoto and Uyeno 2011
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Euleiognathus tottori Yabumoto and Uyeno 1994
G. Gazza Rueppell 1835
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Gazza orthensis Steurbaut 1982
G. Leiognathus Lacépède 1802
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Leiognathus altapinus Weiller 1955
Leiognathus minutus Danil'chenko 1980
G. Secutor Gistel 1848
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Secutor africanus Schwarzhans 2013
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 56.00000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Eoleiognathus dorsalis (94830)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Russian Federation (Adygeia) Leiognathus altapinnus (105572)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Romania Leiognathus altapinus (187379)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Gazza orthensis (184477)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Gazza orthensis (152695 219194)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Tottori) Leiognathus tottari (161450)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Tottori) Leiognathus tottori (190896)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Gabon Secutor africanus (219368)