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Linophrynidae
Taxonomy
Linophrynidae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Ceratioidei by Pietsch and Lavenberg (1980), Schultz (2006), Carnevale et al. (2008), Carnevale and Pietsch (2009), Fierstine et al. (2012); and to Lophiiformes by Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Ceratioidei by Pietsch and Lavenberg (1980), Schultz (2006), Carnevale et al. (2008), Carnevale and Pietsch (2009), Fierstine et al. (2012); and to Lophiiformes by Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1980 | Linophrynidae Pietsch and Lavenberg p. 908 |
| 2006 | Linophrynidae Schultz p. 429 |
| 2008 | Linophrynidae Carnevale et al. |
| 2009 | Linophrynidae Carnevale and Pietsch |
| 2012 | Linophrynidae Fierstine et al. p. 80 |
| 2016 | Linophrynidae Nelson et al. p. 517 |
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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. Linophrynidae
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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 Tortonian to the top of the Clarendonian or 11.63000 to 9.40000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.4 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.4 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Miocene | USA (California) | Acentrophryne sp. (135814) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (California) | Acentrophryne longidens (94831) | |
| Tortonian | USA (California) | Borophryne apogon, Linophryne indica (135888) |