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Polyodontinae

Acipenseriformes - Polyodontidae

Taxonomy
Polyodontinae is a subfamily. It is extant. Its type is Polyodon.

It was assigned to Polyodonti by Grande and Bemis (1996); and to Polyodontidae by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Polyodontinae Grande and Bemis p. 108 fig. 11
2016Polyodontinae Nelson et al. p. 119

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderAcipenseriformesBerg 1940
familyPolyodontidaeBonaparte 1838
subfamilyProtopsephurinae
Polyodonti()
subfamilyPolyodontinae
subfamilyPolyodontinae

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. †Crossopholis Cope 1883
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G. Polyodon Lacépède 1797
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Polyodon spathula Walbaum 1792 [American paddlefish]
Polyodon tuberculata Grande and Bemis 1991
G. Psephurus Günther 1873
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Psephurus gladius Martens 1862 [Chinese paddlefish]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:46:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:46:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available