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Achiridae
Taxonomy
Achiridae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Heterosomata by Jordan (1963); to Pleuronectoidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Pleuronectiformes by Nelson et al. (2016), Agiadi et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Heterosomata by Jordan (1963); to Pleuronectoidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Pleuronectiformes by Nelson et al. (2016), Agiadi et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Achiridae Jordan p. 669 |
| 2013 | Achiridae Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Achiridae Nelson et al. p. 402 |
| 2020 | Achiridae Agiadi et al. p. 785 |
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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. Achiridae
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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: base of the Messinian to the top of the Zanclean or 7.24600 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Messinian | Algeria (Oran) | Achirus mediterraneus (59256) | |
| Zanclean | Greece (Peloponnese) | Achirus sp. (207769) |