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Acipenseriformes
Taxonomy
Acipenseriformes was named by Berg (1940). It is extant.
It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Weems (1999); to Osteichthyes by Estes (1964), Purdy et al. (2001), Peng et al. (2001) and Sepkoski (2002); to Neopterygii by Meyer and Zardoya (2003); to Chondrostei by Nelson (2006), Long (2011), Fierstine et al. (2012) and Betancur et al. (2013); to Chondrostei by Grande and Bemis (1996), Grande et al. (2002), Grande and Hilton (2006) and Carnevale and Godfrey (2018); and to Chondrostei by Applegate (1970), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Chhabra and Mishra (2002), Nelson et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019), Hilton and Grande (2022) and Murray et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Weems (1999); to Osteichthyes by Estes (1964), Purdy et al. (2001), Peng et al. (2001) and Sepkoski (2002); to Neopterygii by Meyer and Zardoya (2003); to Chondrostei by Nelson (2006), Long (2011), Fierstine et al. (2012) and Betancur et al. (2013); to Chondrostei by Grande and Bemis (1996), Grande et al. (2002), Grande and Hilton (2006) and Carnevale and Godfrey (2018); and to Chondrostei by Applegate (1970), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Chhabra and Mishra (2002), Nelson et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019), Hilton and Grande (2022) and Murray et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1940 | Acipenseriformes Berg |
| 1964 | Acipenseriformes Estes p. 20 |
| 1970 | Acipenseriformes Applegate p. 398 |
| 1981 | Acipenseriformes Thurmond and Jones p. 81 |
| 1996 | Acipenseriformes Grande and Bemis pp. 104-105 |
| 1999 | Acipenseriformes Weems p. 53 |
| 2001 | Acipenseriformes Peng et al. p. 11 |
| 2001 | Acipenseriformes Purdy et al. p. 161 |
| 2002 | Acipenseriformes Chhabra and Mishra p. 153 |
| 2002 | Acipenseriformes Grande et al. |
| 2002 | Acipenseriformes Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Acipenseriformes Meyer and Zardoya |
| 2006 | Acipenseriformes Grande and Hilton p. 5 |
| 2006 | Acipenseriformes Nelson |
| 2011 | Acipenseriformes Long p. 242 |
| 2012 | Acipenseriformes Fierstine et al. p. 11 |
| 2013 | Acipenseriformes Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Acipenseriformes Nelson et al. p. 118 |
| 2018 | Acipenseriformes Carnevale and Godfrey p. 163 |
| 2019 | Acipenseriformes Ebersole et al. p. 150 |
| 2022 | Acipenseriformes Hilton and Grande |
| 2023 | Acipenseriformes Murray et al. p. 3 |
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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.
Or. Acipenseriformes Berg 1940
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Fm. Acipenseridae Bonaparte 1831
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G. Acipenser Linnaeus 1758 [sturgeon]
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†Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902
†Acipenser amnisinferos Hilton and Grande 2022
Acipenser brevirostrum Leseuer 1818 [shortnose sturgeon]
Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque 1817 [lake sturgeon]
†Acipenser gigantissimus Nessov 1997
Acipenser medirostris Ayres 1854
†Acipenser molassicus Probst 1882
†Acipenser ornatus Leidy 1873
†Acipenser oxyrhynchus Mitchell 1814
†Acipenser praeparatorum Hilton and Grande 2022
†Acipenser toliapicus Agassiz 1844
†Acipenser tuberculosus Probst 1882
Invalid names: Acipenses Linck 1790 [synonym]
Subfm. †Priscosturioninae Grande and Hilton 2009
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Subfm. Scaphirhynchinae Bonaparte 1846
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Invalid names: Propenserinae Applegate 1970 [empty], Pseudoscaphirhynchinae [empty]
Subor. Acipenseriodei Nelson 2016
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G. †Cylindracanthus Leidy 1856
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†Cylindracanthus acus Cope 1870
†Cylindracanthus bisulcatus Arambourg and Joleaud 1943
†Cylindracanthus gigas Woodward 1888
†Cylindracanthus isnusris Udovichenko and Nessov 1987
†Cylindracanthus ornatus Leidy 1856
†Cylindracanthus rectus Agassiz 1843
Unr. Acipenseristomi Grande and Bemis 1996
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Invalid names: Peipiaosteoidei Grande and Bemis 1996 [empty]
Subor. †Chondrosteoidei Grande and Bemis 1991
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Fm. †Chondrosteidae Egerton 1858
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G. †Chondrosteus Agassiz 1843
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†Chondrosteus acipenseroides Egerton 1858
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Invalid names: Chondrosteus crassior Egerton 1858 [synonym]
†Chondrosteus pachyurus Egerton 1858
G. †Gyrosteus Agassiz 1843
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G. †Strongylosteus Jaeckel 1931
Fm. †Errolichthyidae Lehman 1952
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Fm. Polyodontidae Bonaparte 1838 [paddlefish]
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Invalid names: Saurichthidae Mishra et al. 1990 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Holocene or 259.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 252.17 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 252.17 Ma
Collections (224 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | China (Gansu) | Eochondrosteus sinensis (232541) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | Madagascar | Errolichthys mirabilis (130314 130331 130335) | |
| Dienerian | China (Guizhou) | Errolichthys sp. (225582 229434) | |
| Dienerian | Madagascar | Errolichthys mirabilis (153373) | |
| Sinemurian | United Kingdom (England) | Chondrosteus acipenseroides (122155) Chondrosteus acipenseroides, Chondrosteus crassior, Chondrosteus pachyurus (122154) Chondrosteus acipenseroides, Chondrosteus pachyurus (122153) | |
| Early/Lower Sinemurian | United Kingdom (England) | Chondrosteus sp., Chondrosteus pachyurus (122371) | |
| Falciferum | Germany | Gyrosteus mirabilis (207641) | |
| Toarcian | United Kingdom (England) | Gyrosteus mirabilis (122167 122372 122373 122374 122375) | |
| Bathonian | Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) | Acipenseriformes indet. (61891) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Nei Mongol) | Protopsephurus sp. (103654) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | China (Liaoning) | Protopsephurus liui (101022 134420) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Niger (Zinder) | Cylindracanthus bisulcatus (75235 75259) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Cylindracanthus cretaceus (77232) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Uzbekistan (Navoi) | Polyodontidae indet., Hesperopsephurus kyatensis (58208) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Spain (Asturias) | Cylindracanthus sp. (98396) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | USA (Kansas) | Cylindracanthus sp. (213385) | |
| Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian | Uzbekistan (Navoi) | Acipenseriformes indet. (58179) Psephuroides kazakhorum (58168) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | Lebanon | Chondrosteus sp. (170327) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Propenser hewletti (81932 81934) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | Cylindracanthus ornatus (57918) Cylindracanthus sp. (128412) | |