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Ostraciidae

Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Ostraciidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Ostraciidae Jordan p. 740
1981Ostraciidae Thurmond and Jones p. 108
1991Ostraciidae Tyler and Gregorovå p. 4
1996Ostraciidae Tyler and Sorbini p. 36
1998Ostraciidae Weems p. 151
1999Ostraciidae Weems p. 71
2002Ostraciidae Tyler and Santini p. 85
2003Ostraciidae Santini and Tyler p. 603
2003Ostraciidae Schwarzhans p. 88
2013Ostraciidae Betancur et al.
2014Ostraciidae Bannikov p. 30
2014Ostraciidae Carnevale et al. p. 45
2016Ostraciidae Nelson et al. p. 521
2019Ostraciidae Ebersole et al. p. 180

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderOstracioidei
familyOstraciidae
familyOstraciidae

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. †Eolactoria Tyler 1975
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Eolactoria sorbinii Tyler 1975
G. Lactophrys Swainson 1839
G. †Oligolactoria Tyler and Gregorovå 1991
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Oligolactoria bubiki Tyler and Gregorovå 1991
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
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:45:45
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:45:45
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

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

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) Ostracion sp. (58102)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Denmark Ostracion pergravis (159793)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) Ostraciidae indet. (152240)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Ostracion meretrix (84048)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Virginia) Ostraciidae indet. (15595)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Eolactoria sorbinii (94830) Ostraciidae indet., Eolactoria sorbinii (55239)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium Ostracion clavatus (219001 219005)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Ostraciidae indet. (81179 209524)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Ostraciidae indet. (13346 209368 209521)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Ostracion sp. (41992)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Ostraciidae indet. (81266 176944 209519)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Ostracion meretrix (75638)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Czechia (Moravia) Oligolactoria bubiki (210132)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Lactophrys sp. (22712)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Lactophrys sp. (20604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Ostraciidae indet. (194995 194996 194997 194999)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Ostraciidae indet., Lactophrys spp. (209855)