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Percomorpha
Taxonomy
Percomorpha is an unranked clade. It is extant.
It was assigned to Acanthomorpha by Friedman (2008); and to Acanthopterygii by Nolf and Dockery (1990), Long (2011), Bannikov (2014), Nelson et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019), Ebersole et al. (2024), Cicimurri et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Acanthomorpha by Friedman (2008); and to Acanthopterygii by Nolf and Dockery (1990), Long (2011), Bannikov (2014), Nelson et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019), Ebersole et al. (2024), Cicimurri et al. (2025).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1990 | Percomorpha Nolf and Dockery III p. 8 |
| 2008 | Percomorpha Friedman |
| 2011 | Percomorpha Long p. 244 |
| 2014 | Percomorpha Bannikov p. 26 |
| 2016 | Percomorpha Nelson et al. p. 314 |
| 2019 | Percomorpha Ebersole et al. p. 166 |
| 2024 | Percomorpha Ebersole et al. p. 13 |
| 2025 | Percomorpha Cicimurri et al. p. 81 |
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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.
Unr. Percomorpha
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Unr. †Gobiida Lin et al. 2015
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†Gobiida bicornuta Lin et al. 2015
†Gobiida brioche Lin et al. 2015
G. †Kelemejtubus Cantalice and Alvarado-Ortega 2017
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†Kelemejtubus castroi Cantalice and Alvarado-Ortega 2017
Invalid names: Ophidiida [empty], Pelagia Miya et al. 2013 [empty]
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 Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Pliocene or 72.20000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Spain (Cataluña) | Percomorpha indet. (148950) | |
| Danian | Mexico (Chiapas) | Kelemejtubus castroi (190738 190739) | |
| Ypresian | Italy | Pterygocephalus paradoxus (94830) | |
| Bartonian | Western Sahara | Percomorpha indet. (175734) | |
| Rupelian | Romania | Cephalacanthus trispinosus (113962) | |
| Burdigalian | France | Dactyloptena sp. (220042) | |
| Tortonian | Argentina (Chubut) | Percomorpha indet. (122079) | |
| Tortonian | Italy (Asti) | Gobiida bicornuta, Gobiida brioche (237147) Gobiida brioche (275778) | |
| Pliocene | Greece (Zakynthos) | Percomorpha indet. (223917) |