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Parodontidae (disused)

Osteichthyes - Characiformes - Parodontidae

Taxonomy
Parodontidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Characoidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Erythrinoidea by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Parodontidae Betancur et al.
2016Parodontidae Nelson et al. p. 197

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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
suborderCharacoidei
familyParodontidae
familyParodontidae

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:36:16
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:36:16
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available