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Narcinidae (numbfish)
Taxonomy
Narcinidae was named by Gill (1862). It is extant.
It was assigned to Narcinoidea by Cappetta (1987), Cappetta (1988); and to Torpediniformes by Carnevale et al. (2014), Nelson et al. (2016), van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Narcinoidea by Cappetta (1987), Cappetta (1988); and to Torpediniformes by Carnevale et al. (2014), Nelson et al. (2016), van der Laan (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1862 | Narcinidae Gill |
| 1987 | Narcinidae Cappetta p. 162 |
| 1988 | Narcinidae Cappetta p. 29 |
| 2014 | Narcinidae Carnevale et al. p. 41 |
| 2016 | Narcinidae Nelson et al. p. 83 |
| 2019 | Narcinidae van der Laan p. 44 |
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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. Narcinidae Gill 1862 [numbfish]
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G. Benthobatis Alcock 1898
G. Discopyge Heckel 1846 [apron ray]
G. Narcine Henle 1834
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Invalid names: Cyclonarce Gill 1862 [synonym], Gonionarce Gill 1862 [synonym], Syrraxis Bonaparte 1841 [synonym]
G. †Titanonarke de Carvalho 2010
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†Titanonarke megapterygia Marramà et al. 2018
†Titanonarke molini Jaekel 1894
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 Ypresian to the top of the Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | Morocco | Narcine sp. (91363) | |
| Ypresian | Italy (Verona) | Titanonarke molini (219837) | |
| Ypresian | Italy | Titanonarke molini (94830) | |
| Ypresian | Italy (Vicenze) | Narcine molini (239824) Titanonarke megapterygia, Titanonarke molini (127545) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | Tunisia | Narcine sp. (87795) | |
| Lutetian | Togo | Narcine sp. (32991) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Egypt | Narcine sp. (137540) | |
| Priabonian | Western Sahara | Narcine sp. (96686) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | Narcine sp. (137550 137551 137560 137561 137564 137569 137582 137588) |