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Mesogasteridae

Osteichthyes - Mesogasteridae

Taxonomy
Mesogasteridae was named by Bannikov (2008).

It was assigned to Atheriniformes by Carnevale et al. (2014), Bannikov (2014); and to Atherinomorphae by van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Mesogasteridae Bannikov p. 83
2014Mesogasteridae Bannikov p. 26
2014Mesogasteridae Carnevale et al. p. 42
2019Mesogasteridae van der Laan p. 78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
superorderAtherinomorphae()
familyMesogasteridaeBannikov 2008
familyMesogasteridaeBannikov 2008

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. †Mesogasteridae Bannikov 2008
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G. †Latellagnathus Bannikov 2008
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Latellagnathus teruzzii Bannikov 2008
G. †Mesogaster Agassiz 1835
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Mesogaster cretaceus von der Marck 1885
Mesogaster sphyraenoides Agassiz 1835
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available