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Amblyopsidae (disused)

Osteichthyes - Percopsiformes - Amblyopsidae

Taxonomy
Amblyopsidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cyprinodontes by Jordan (1963); and to Percopsiformes by Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Amblyopsidae Jordan p. 660
2013Amblyopsidae Betancur et al.
2016Amblyopsidae Nelson et al. p. 289

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Paracanthopterygii()
orderPercopsiformesBerg 1940
familyAmblyopsidae
familyAmblyopsidae

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: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wasatchian or 56.00000 to 51.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Amblyopsidae indet. (192130)