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Tripterygiidae

Osteichthyes - Blenniiformes - Tripterygiidae

Taxonomy
Tripterygiidae is a family. It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Tripterygiidae Betancur et al.
2016Tripterygiidae Nelson et al. p. 346

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorpha
—OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
superorderBlenniomorphae
orderBlenniiformes
suborderBlennioidei()
familyTripterygiidae
familyTripterygiidae

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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G. Forsterygion Whitley and Phillipps 1939
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†Forsterygion jawadi Schwarzhans 2019
G. Gilloblennius Whitley and Phillipps 1939
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G. Matanui Jawad and Clements 2004
G. Ruanoho Hardy 1986
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Ruanoho whero Hardy 1986
G. †Tongarewa Schwarzhans 2019
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†Tongarewa clementsi Schwarzhans 2019
†Tongarewa waihaonesis Schwarzhans 2019
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Otaian to the top of the Holocene or 21.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 18.7 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (South Island) Tongarewa waihaonesis (219588 219591)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Tongarewa waihaonesis (219594 219599)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (North Island) Forsterygion jawadi, Gilloblennius tripennis, Matanui bathytaton (219635) Forsterygion malcolmi, Gilloblennius tripennis, Matanui bathytaton, Ruanoho whero (219633)
Haweran - Holocene0.34 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) Forsterygion malcolmi, Matanui bathytaton (219641) Matanui bathytaton (219640)