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Blochiidae
Taxonomy
Blochiidae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Xiphiiformes by Jordan (1963); to Heteromi by Casier (1966); to Scombroidei by Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Perciformes by Udovichenko and Nessov (1987), Weems (1999); to Xiphioidea by Schultz (1987), Monsch and Bannikov (2011); and to Xiphioidei by Fierstine (2006), Bannikov (2014), Otero (2019).
It was assigned to Xiphiiformes by Jordan (1963); to Heteromi by Casier (1966); to Scombroidei by Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Perciformes by Udovichenko and Nessov (1987), Weems (1999); to Xiphioidea by Schultz (1987), Monsch and Bannikov (2011); and to Xiphioidei by Fierstine (2006), Bannikov (2014), Otero (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Blochiidae Jordan p. 680 |
| 1966 | Blochiidae Casier p. 172 |
| 1981 | Blochiidae Thurmond and Jones p. 106 |
| 1987 | Blochiidae Schultz p. 110 |
| 1987 | Blochiidae Udovichenko and Nessov p. 173 |
| 1999 | Blochiidae Weems p. 68 |
| 2006 | Blochiidae Fierstine p. 438 |
| 2011 | Blochiidae Monsch and Bannikov p. 296 |
| 2014 | Blochiidae Bannikov p. 30 |
| 2019 | Blochiidae Otero p. 8 |
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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.
Fm. Blochiidae
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G. †Blochius Volta 1800
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†Blochius longirostris Volta 1796
†Blochius macropterus de Zigno 1887
†Blochius moorheadi Eastman 1911
G. †Congorhynchus Darteville and Casier 1949
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov 2011 | Rostrum present, vertebral column and dorsal fin very close to one another. |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 83.60000 to 37.71000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Congorhynchus elliotti (221052) | |
| Ypresian | Italy | Blochius longirostris, Blochius macropterus (94830) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom | Acestrus ornatus (215472) | |
| Middle Eocene | Chile | Loancorhynchus catrillancai (204548) | |
| Middle Eocene | Uzbekistan | Blochiidae indet. (45701 45702) |