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Amphiplaga

Osteichthyes - Percopsiformes - Percopsidae

Taxonomy
Amphiplaga was named by Cope (1877). Its type is Amphiplaga brachyptera.

It was assigned to Aphredoderidae by Hay (1902); and to Percopsidae by Murray (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Amphiplaga Cope p. 812
1902Amphiplaga Hay p. 403
1996Amphiplaga Murray p. 643

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Paracanthopterygii()
orderPercopsiformesBerg 1940
familyPercopsidaeRegan 1911
genusAmphiplaga

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.

G. †Amphiplaga Cope 1877
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Invalid names: Erismatopterus endlichi Cope 1877 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wasatchian or 54.90000 to 50.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) A. sp. (74617)