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Distichodontidae

Osteichthyes - Characiformes - Distichodontidae

Taxonomy
Distichodontidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Citharinoidei by Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016).

Subtaxa
Distichodus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Distichodontidae Betancur et al.
2016Distichodontidae Nelson et al. p. 194

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
—Otophysa
orderCharaciformesRegan 1911
suborderCitharinoideiBuckup 1998
familyDistichodontidae
familyDistichodontidae

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.

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G. Distichodus Muller and Troschel 1844
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 10:36:16
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:36:16
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Calabrian or 27.30000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kenya Distichodus sp. (174672)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Uganda Distichodus sp. (22217 22247 22398 22400 22405 22433 22457)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Libya Distichodus sp. (276397)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Uganda Distichodus sp. (22358 22443)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Kenya Distichodus sp. (22241)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Uganda Distichodus sp. (22345)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Kenya Distichodus sp. (22235)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Distichodus sp. (22346)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Distichodus sp. (21461)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Distichodus sp. (21368)