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Otocephala
Taxonomy
Otocephala is an unranked clade.
It was synonymized subjectively with Ostarioclupeomorpha by Long (2011); it was synonymized subjectively with Otomorpha by Betancur et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Clupeocephala by Cavin (1999), Nelson et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019), Cicimurri et al. (2025).
It was synonymized subjectively with Ostarioclupeomorpha by Long (2011); it was synonymized subjectively with Otomorpha by Betancur et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Clupeocephala by Cavin (1999), Nelson et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019), Cicimurri et al. (2025).
Subtaxa
Entered
by G. Lloyd on 2012-02-09; modified by G. Lloyd on 2013-04-30
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1999 | Otocephala Cavin |
| 2016 | Otocephala Nelson et al. p. 161 |
| 2019 | Otocephala Ebersole et al. p. 164 |
| 2025 | Otocephala Cicimurri et al. p. 80 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available