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Malacanthidae
Taxonomy
Malacanthidae was named by Poey (1861). It is extant.
It was assigned to Kurtiformes by Jordan (1963); to Percomorpharia by Betancur et al. (2013); to Perciformes by Carnevale and Godfrey (2014), Nelson et al. (2016), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018); and to Eupercaria by van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Kurtiformes by Jordan (1963); to Percomorpharia by Betancur et al. (2013); to Perciformes by Carnevale and Godfrey (2014), Nelson et al. (2016), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018); and to Eupercaria by van der Laan (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1861 | Malacanthidae Poey |
| 1963 | Malacanthidae Jordan p. 702 |
| 2013 | Malacanthidae Betancur et al. |
| 2014 | Malacanthidae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 1019 |
| 2016 | Malacanthidae Nelson et al. p. 456 |
| 2018 | Malacanthidae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 176 |
| 2019 | Malacanthidae van der Laan p. 80 |
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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. Malacanthidae Poey 1861
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Subfm. †Branchisteginae Jordan 1923
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G. Lopholatilus Goode and Bean 1879
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†Lopholatilus ereborensis Carnevale and Godfrey 2014
†Lopholatilus rayus Purdy et al. 2001
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 Lutetian to the top of the Zanclean or 48.07000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lutetian | France | Branchiostegus brevis (188957) | |
| Langhian | Austria | Malacanthus carosii (186861) | |
| Langhian | USA (Maryland) | Lopholatilus sp. (60379) | |
| Langhian | USA (Virginia) | Lopholatilus ereborensis (71797 71808 79793) Lopholatilus sp. (71799) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | Lopholatilus ereborensis (45508 187324) Lopholatilus sp. (71801) | |
| Messinian | Algeria (Oran) | Branchiostegus mesogeus (59256) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps, Lopholatilus rayus (52582) |