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Trachichthyidae

Osteichthyes - Trachichthyiformes - Trachichthyidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Trachichthyidae Bleeker
1960Trachichthyidae Danil'chenko p. 87
1963Trachichthyidae Jordan p. 673
1964Trachichthyidae Patterson p. 304
1966Trachichthyidae Casier p. 437
1970Trachichthyidae Applegate p. 423
1990Trachichthyidae Nolf and Dockery III p. 8
1993Trachichthyidae Nolf and Dockery p. 30
2013Lissoberycinae Alvarado-Ortega and Than-Marchese p. 48 figs. 1-7
2013Trachichthyidae Betancur et al.
2016Trachichthyidae Nelson et al. p. 308
2017Trachichthyidae Lin et al. p. 26
2017Trachichthyidae Schwarzhans et al. p. 159
2019Trachichthyidae van der Laan p. 74
2021Trachichthyidae Schwarzhans and Nielsen p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Berycimorphaceae
orderTrachichthyiformes
familyTrachichthyidaeBleeker 1859
familyTrachichthyidaeBleeker 1859

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. Trachichthyidae Bleeker 1859
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G. †Egregioberyx Schwarzhans 1980
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†Egregioberyx erectus Schwarzhans 1980
†Egregioberyx sphaeroides Stinton 1957
G. †Eregioberyx Schwarzhans 1980
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†Eregioberyx erectus Schwarzhans 1980
G. Gephyroberyx Boulenger 1902
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Gephyroberyx darwini Johnson 1866
G. Hoplostethus Cuvier and Valenciennes 1829
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†Hoplostethus bambergi Priem 1913
†Hoplostethus boyae Lin and O’Dea 2025
†Hoplostethus hexagonalis Leriche 1905
†Hoplostethus lacinatus Koken 1885
†Hoplostethus pisanus Koken 1891
†Hoplostethus sinaustralis Schwarzhans 1985
G. †Lissoberyx Patterson 1967
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†Lissoberyx dayi Patterson 1967
G. †Notoberyx Schwarzhans et al. 2017
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†Notoberyx cionei Schwarzhans et al. 2017
G. Optivus Whitley 1947
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†Optivus moko Schwarzhans et al. 2017
G. Paratrachichthys Waite 1899
G. †Trachichthyidarum Unknonw 1900
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†Trachichthyidarum coffeesandensis Nolf and Dockery III 1990
Invalid names: Hoplopterygidae [synonym], Lissoberycinae Alvarado-Ortega and Than-Marchese 2013 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 100.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Lissoberyx dayi (220886 220887)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Trachichthyidae indet. (82047)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Trachichthyidae indet. (127085)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland Hoplostethus durus (22943)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Trachichthyidarum stringeri (87817)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Denmark Hoplostethus lacinatus (159792 159793 159794 159795)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Antarctica (Seymour Island) Notoberyx cionei (176085)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) Genartina bambergi (237219)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Lower Saxony,) Gephyroberyx hexagonalis (188954)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Island) Egregioberyx erectus (219503) Eregioberyx erectus, Genartina bambergi (219322)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand (South Island) Egregioberyx erectus (219333)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) Hoplostethus sinusaustralis (100232)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Gephyroberyx ostiolatus (95898)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Czechia Gephyroberyx darwinii (125331)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Optivus moko (219615)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Trachichthyidarum quadrum (32012)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (South Australia) Hoplostethus sinusaustralis (219157)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Gephyroberyx sp. (152695) Hoplostethus sp., Gephyroberyx darwini (219194)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Gephyroberyx darwini (219195)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (North Island) Optivus moko (219522)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand Hoplostethus praemediterraneus (152322)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Gephyroberyx darwini (219196 220042 220043)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) Hoplostethus praemediterraneus (219523) Optivus moko (219526) Optivus moko, Hoplostethus praemediterraneus (219524 219525)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Hoplostethus praemediterraneus (219608) Optivus moko (219341 219609 219744)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France Gephyroberyx darwini (219197)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand (North Island) Optivus moko (219549)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy (Asti) Hoplostethus praemediterraneus (237147)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy Hoplostethus lawleyi, Hoplostethus praemediterraneus (70491 178120) Hoplostethus praemediterraneus (187503 187504 187506 187507 187596)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Chile (Bio-Bio) Hoplostethus sp. (46978)
Tongaporutuan11.04 - 7.2New Zealand (North Island) Hoplostethus mediterraneus (219269) Hoplostethus praemediterraneus (219553 219554)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Hoplostethus boyae (172931)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Hoplostethus mediterraneus (172915 220503)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) Hoplostethus praemediterraneus (231894)
Opoitian5.333 - 3.7New Zealand Hoplostethus mediterraneus (219270)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Provinz Siena) Hoplostethus lawleyi (138094)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Hoplostethus pisanus (223700)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Australia (South Australia) Monocentris sphaeroides (219141)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy Hoplostethus sp. (159096)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (North Island) Paratrachichthys sp. (219633)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Italy Hoplostethus mediterraneus (159361)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan (Kanagawa) Hoplostethus sp. (275914)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Kanagawa) Gephyroberyx sp. (276069)