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Rachycentridae
Taxonomy
Rachycentridae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Carangiformes by Jordan (1963); to Carangiformes by Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016); and to Perciformes by Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
It was assigned to Carangiformes by Jordan (1963); to Carangiformes by Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016); and to Perciformes by Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Rachycentridae Jordan p. 686 |
| 2013 | Rachycentridae Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Rachycentridae Nelson et al. p. 384 |
| 2018 | Rachycentridae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 179 |
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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.
Fm. Rachycentridae
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian | USA (Maryland) | Rachycentron stremphaencus (219172) |