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Cyprininae

Osteichthyes - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae

Taxonomy
Cyprininae was named by Bonaparte (1840). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cyprinidae by Hay (1902), Böhme (2010), Nelson et al. (2016).

Subtaxa
Aphelichthys, Diastichus, Notropis, Palaeocarassius
Entered
by T. Liebrecht (authorized by J. Mueller) on 2012-12-14; modified by T. Liebrecht on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Cyprininae Bonaparte
1902Cyprininae Hay p. 395
2010Cyprininae Böhme p. 6
2016Cyprininae Nelson et al. p. 183

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
—Otophysa
orderCypriniformesBleeker 1859
suborderCyprinoidei
familyCyprinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCyprininaeBonaparte 1840
subfamilyCyprininaeBonaparte 1840

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.

Subfm. Cyprininae Bonaparte 1840
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G. †Aphelichthys Cope 1893
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G. †Diastichus Cope 1870
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†Diastichus parvidens Cope 1870
G. Notropis Rafinesque 1818
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†Notropis angustarcus Cope 1877
G. †Palaeocarassius Obrhelová 1970
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:40:14
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:02
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 5 to the top of the Irvingtonian or 15.98000 to 0.21000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Palaeocarassius sp. A (34615)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Palaeocarassius sp. (48325)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Palaeocarassius sp. (175727)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Palaeocarassius sp. (205187)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Switzerland (Aargau) Palaeocarassius sp. (201975 201976)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Notropis sp. (18450)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (South Dakota) Notropis sp. (20389)