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Dinopterygidae

Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Dinopterygidae

Taxonomy
Dinopterygidae is a family.

It was assigned to Berycoidei by Jordan (1963); and to Dinopterygoidei by Patterson (1964).

Subtaxa
Dinopteryx

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Dinopterygidae Jordan p. 673
1964Dinopterygidae Patterson

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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
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Berycimorphaceae
orderBeryciformes
suborderDinopterygoidei
familyDinopterygidae
familyDinopterygidae

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. †Dinopteryx Woodward 1901
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†Dinopteryx spinosus Davis 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available