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Chondrostei
Taxonomy
Chondrostei was named by Müller (1844). It is extant.
It was reranked as the suborder Chondrostei by Gadow (1898); it was reranked as the order Chondrostei by Hay (1902), Heintz (1934), Jordan (1963); it was reranked as the subclass Chondrostei by Jaekel (1911), Nelson (2006), Long (2011), Fierstine et al. (2012), Betancur et al. (2013); it was reranked as the superorder Chondrostei by Dunkle (1946); it was reranked as the unranked clade Chondrostei by Grande et al. (2002), Grande and Hilton (2006), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018), van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Gadow (1898); to Actinopteri by Hay (1902); to Hypostomata by Jaekel (1911); to Ganoidei by Jordan (1963); to Actinopteri by Grande and Hilton (2006); to Actinopterygii by Heintz (1934), Dunkle (1946), Applegate (1970), Daly (1973), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Nelson (2006), Long (2011), Fierstine et al. (2012); to Actinopteri by Betancur et al. (2013); to Actinopteri by Grande et al. (2002), van der Laan (2019); and to Actinopterygii by Nelson et al. (2016), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018), Ebersole et al. (2019), Hilton and Grande (2022), Murray et al. (2023).
It was reranked as the suborder Chondrostei by Gadow (1898); it was reranked as the order Chondrostei by Hay (1902), Heintz (1934), Jordan (1963); it was reranked as the subclass Chondrostei by Jaekel (1911), Nelson (2006), Long (2011), Fierstine et al. (2012), Betancur et al. (2013); it was reranked as the superorder Chondrostei by Dunkle (1946); it was reranked as the unranked clade Chondrostei by Grande et al. (2002), Grande and Hilton (2006), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018), van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Gadow (1898); to Actinopteri by Hay (1902); to Hypostomata by Jaekel (1911); to Ganoidei by Jordan (1963); to Actinopteri by Grande and Hilton (2006); to Actinopterygii by Heintz (1934), Dunkle (1946), Applegate (1970), Daly (1973), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Nelson (2006), Long (2011), Fierstine et al. (2012); to Actinopteri by Betancur et al. (2013); to Actinopteri by Grande et al. (2002), van der Laan (2019); and to Actinopterygii by Nelson et al. (2016), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018), Ebersole et al. (2019), Hilton and Grande (2022), Murray et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1844 | Chondrostei Müller |
| 1898 | Chondrostei Gadow p. 8 |
| 1902 | Chondrostei Hay p. 365 |
| 1911 | Chondrostei Jaekel p. 49 |
| 1934 | Chondrostei Heintz p. S187 |
| 1946 | Chondrostei Dunkle p. 402 |
| 1963 | Chondrostei Jordan p. 611 |
| 1970 | Chondrostei Applegate p. 398 |
| 1973 | Chondrostei Daly p. 564 |
| 1981 | Chondrostei Thurmond and Jones p. 80 |
| 2002 | Chondrostei Grande et al. |
| 2006 | Chondrostei Grande and Hilton p. 5 |
| 2006 | Chondrostei Nelson |
| 2011 | Chondrostei Long p. 242 |
| 2012 | Chondrostei Fierstine et al. p. 11 |
| 2013 | Chondrostei Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Chondrostei Nelson et al. p. 118 |
| 2018 | Chondrostei Carnevale and Godfrey p. 163 |
| 2019 | Chondrostei Ebersole et al. p. 150 |
| 2019 | Chondrostei van der Laan p. 52 |
| 2022 | Chondrostei Hilton and Grande |
| 2023 | Chondrostei 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.
Infracl. Chondrostei Müller 1844
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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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G. †Propenser Applegate 1970
Subfm. Scaphirhynchinae Bonaparte 1846
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Invalid names: Propenser hewletti Applegate 1970 [nomen dubium], Propenserinae Applegate 1970 [empty], Pseudoscaphirhynchinae [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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Invalid names: Acipenseriodei Nelson 2016 [empty], Acipenseristomi Grande and Bemis 1996 [empty], Peipiaosteoidei Grande and Bemis 1996 [empty], Saurichthidae Mishra et al. 1990 [empty]
Invalid names: Asterodontidae [empty], Cheirolepiformes [empty], Chondrosteiformes [empty], Diphyodontidae [empty], Guidayichthyiformes Lund 2000 [empty], Polyodonti Jaekel 1911 [empty], Sturii Jaekel 1911 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available