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Ostraciidae
Taxonomy
Ostraciidae is a family. It is extant. Its type is Ostracion.
It was assigned to Ostracodermi by Jordan (1963); to Balistoidea by Tyler and Sorbini (1996); to Ostracioidea by Santini and Tyler (2003); to Ostracioidei by Betancur et al. (2013); to Balistoidei by Bannikov (2014); to Tetraodontiformes by Thurmond and Jones (1981), Weems (1998), Weems (1999), Schwarzhans (2003), Carnevale et al. (2014), Nelson et al. (2016); and to Ostracioidea by Tyler and Gregorovå (1991), Tyler and Santini (2002), Ebersole et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Ostracodermi by Jordan (1963); to Balistoidea by Tyler and Sorbini (1996); to Ostracioidea by Santini and Tyler (2003); to Ostracioidei by Betancur et al. (2013); to Balistoidei by Bannikov (2014); to Tetraodontiformes by Thurmond and Jones (1981), Weems (1998), Weems (1999), Schwarzhans (2003), Carnevale et al. (2014), Nelson et al. (2016); and to Ostracioidea by Tyler and Gregorovå (1991), Tyler and Santini (2002), Ebersole et al. (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1963 | Ostraciidae Jordan p. 740 |
| 1981 | Ostraciidae Thurmond and Jones p. 108 |
| 1991 | Ostraciidae Tyler and Gregorovå p. 4 |
| 1996 | Ostraciidae Tyler and Sorbini p. 36 |
| 1998 | Ostraciidae Weems p. 151 |
| 1999 | Ostraciidae Weems p. 71 |
| 2002 | Ostraciidae Tyler and Santini p. 85 |
| 2003 | Ostraciidae Santini and Tyler p. 603 |
| 2003 | Ostraciidae Schwarzhans p. 88 |
| 2013 | Ostraciidae Betancur et al. |
| 2014 | Ostraciidae Bannikov p. 30 |
| 2014 | Ostraciidae Carnevale et al. p. 45 |
| 2016 | Ostraciidae Nelson et al. p. 521 |
| 2019 | Ostraciidae Ebersole et al. p. 180 |
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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. Ostraciidae
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G. Lactophrys Swainson 1839
G. Ostracion Rafinesque 1815
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†Ostracion clavatus Casier 1946
†Ostracion meretrix Daimeries 1891
†Ostracion micrurus Agassiz 1833
†Ostracion oblongus Zigno 1874
†Ostracion pergravis Schwarzhans 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (27 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | India (Maharashtra) | Ostracion sp. (58102) | |
| Selandian | Denmark | Ostracion pergravis (159793) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (South Carolina) | Ostraciidae indet. (152240) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Virginia) | Ostracion meretrix (84048) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Virginia) | Ostraciidae indet. (15595) | |
| Ypresian | Italy | Eolactoria sorbinii (94830) Ostraciidae indet., Eolactoria sorbinii (55239) | |
| Ypresian | Belgium | Ostracion clavatus (219001 219005) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Ostraciidae indet. (81179 209524) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Ostraciidae indet. (13346 209368 209521) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Ostracion sp. (41992) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Ostraciidae indet. (81266 176944 209519) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Louisiana) | Ostracion meretrix (75638) | |
| Rupelian | Czechia (Moravia) | Oligolactoria bubiki (210132) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (Florida) | Lactophrys sp. (22712) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | Lactophrys sp. (20604) | |
| Holocene | Marshall Islands | Ostraciidae indet. (194995 194996 194997 194999) | |
| Holocene | Turks and Caicos Islands | Ostraciidae indet., Lactophrys spp. (209855) |