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Palaeorhynchidae

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Palaeorhynchidae

Taxonomy

Palaeorhynchidae is a family. Its type is Palaeorhynchum.

It was assigned to Scombroidei by Danil'chenko (1960); to Xiphiiformes by Jordan (1963); to Scombroidea by Casier (1966); to Xiphioidea by Schultz (1987), Monsch and Bannikov (2011); to Xiphioidei by Gosline (1968), Fierstine (2006), Bannikov (2014); and to Perciformes by Danil'chenko (1980), Szabo et al. (2017), Robinson et al. (2024).

Subtaxa

Aglyptorhynchinae, Aglyptorhynchus, Enniskillenus, Homorhynchus, Palaeorhynchus, Pseudotetrapturus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1960	Palaeorhynchidae Danil'chenko p. 165
1963	Palaeorhynchidae Jordan p. 680
1966	Palaeorhynchidae Casier p. 298
1968	Palaeorhynchidae Gosline p. 78
1980	Palaeorhynchidae Danil'chenko p. 162
1987	Palaeorhynchidae Schultz p. 129
2006	Palaeorhynchidae Fierstine p. 435
2011	Palaeorhynchidae Monsch and Bannikov p. 289
2014	Palaeorhynchidae Bannikov p. 30
2017	Palaeorhynchidae Szabo et al.
2024	Palaeorhynchidae Robinson et al. p. 569

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
superclass	Actinopterygii	()
class	Actinopteri	()
subclass	Neopterygii	(Regan 1923)
—	Teleosteomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Teleostei	(Müller 1846)
—	Teleocephala	de Pinna 1996
—	Clupeocephala	Patterson and Rosen 1977
—	Euteleostei	Rosen 1973
superorder	Acanthopterygii
—	Percomorpha
—	Ovalentaria	Smith and Near 2012
order	Scombriformes
suborder	Scombroidei	Bleeker 1859
superfamily	Xiphioidea	Rafinesque-Schmaltz 1810
family	Palaeorhynchidae
family	Palaeorhynchidae

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. †Palaeorhynchidae

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G. †Aglyptorhynchus Casier 1966

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†Aglyptorhynchus columbianus Fierstine 2005

†Aglyptorhynchus denticulatus Leriche 1906

†Aglyptorhynchus hakataramea Gottfried 2012

†Aglyptorhynchus sulcatus Casier 1946

†Aglyptorhynchus venablesi Casier 1966

G. †Enniskillenus Casier 1966

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†Enniskillenus radiatus Agassiz 1833

G. †Homorhynchus Van Beneden 1873

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†Homorhynchus bruxelliensis Van Beneden 1873

†Homorhynchus colei Agassiz 1842

G. †Palaeorhynchus de Blainville 1818

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†Palaeorhynchus glarisianum de Blainville 1818

†Palaeorhynchus longirostris Agassiz 1843

†Palaeorhynchus parini Bannikov 1992

†Palaeorhynchus senectus Danilt'chenko 1962

†Palaeorhynchus zitteli Kramberger 1879

†Palaeorhynchus zorzini Fierstine et al. 2008

G. †Pseudotetrapturus Danil'chenko 1960

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†Pseudotetrapturus luteus Danil'chenko 1960

Invalid names: Aglyptorhynchinae Fierstine and Weems 2009 [empty]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

marinesubp

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Created:

2004-08-17 14:52:40

Modified:

2009-07-20 23:50:42

Source: c = class, subp = subphylum

Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Aquitanian or 54.90000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (28 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	United Kingdom (England)	Aglyptorhynchus venablesi, Aglyptorhynchus sulcatus (8050) Aglyptorhynchus venablesi, Enniskillenus radiatus, Aglyptorhynchus sulcatus (13299)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Belgium	Glyptorhynchus sulcatus (219001)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Italy	Palaeorhynchus zorzini (94830)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	United Kingdom	Aglyptorhynchus venablesi, Enniskillenus radiatus, Aglyptorhynchus sulcatus (215472)
Wasatchian	54.9 - 50.5	USA (Virginia)	Aglyptorhynchus veneblesi (15595)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	United Kingdom (England)	Aglyptorhynchus sp. (41989 41992 41994)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Georgia	Palaeorhynchus senectus (185619)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene	48.07 - 33.9	Iran	Palaeorhynchus sp. (205345)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Georgia	Palaeorhynchus parini (186448)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Georgia	Palaeorhynchus parini (186469)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Romania	Palaeorhynchus longirostris, Palaeorhynchus glarisianus (113962) Palaeorhynchus zitteli (50344)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Switzerland (Glarus)	Homorhynchus colei (186471)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Poland	Palaeorhynchus zitteli (186475)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Palaeorhynchus zitteli, Palaeorhynchus glarisianus (68021)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Azerbaijan	Palaeorhynchus zitteli (186452)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (South Carolina)	Aglyptorhynchus sp. (188100)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	USA (Washington)	Aglyptorhynchus columbianus (134453) Aglyptorhynchus sp. (134454)
Oligocene - Miocene	33.9 - 5.333	Georgia (Abkhazia)	Homorhynchus colei, Pseudotetrapturus luteus (186462)
Duntroonian	27.3 - 25.2	New Zealand (South Island)	Aglyptorhynchus hakataramea (135847)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Russian Federation (Dagestan)	Pseudotetrapturus luteus (186449)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (South Carolina)	Aglyptorhynchus sp. (97550)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	Hungary (Esztergom)	Aglyptorhynchus sp. (186636)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	Austria	Glyptorhynchus denticulatus (76129)