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Retropinnidae (disused)

Actinopteri - Osmeriformes - Retropinnidae

Taxonomy
Retropinnidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Salmonoidei by Jordan (1963); and to Osmeriformes by Betancur et al. (2013) and Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Retropinnidae Jordan p. 625
2013Retropinnidae Betancur et al.
2016Retropinnidae Nelson et al. p. 258

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
Stomiatii
orderOsmeriformes
familyRetropinnidae
familyRetropinnidae

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 mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:31:28
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:33:09
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (New South Wales) Retropinnidae indet. (224044)