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Agonidae (poachers)
Taxonomy
Agonidae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Cottiformes by Jordan (1963); to Scorpaenoidea by Casier (1966); to Cottales by Betancur et al. (2013); to Scorpaeniformes by Nelson et al. (2016); to Scorpaeniformes by Carnevale and Godfrey (2018); and to Cottoidei by Schwarzhans and Nielsen (2021).
It was assigned to Cottiformes by Jordan (1963); to Scorpaenoidea by Casier (1966); to Cottales by Betancur et al. (2013); to Scorpaeniformes by Nelson et al. (2016); to Scorpaeniformes by Carnevale and Godfrey (2018); and to Cottoidei by Schwarzhans and Nielsen (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Agonidae Jordan p. 715 |
| 1966 | Agonidae Casier p. 459 |
| 2013 | Agonidae Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Agonidae Nelson et al. p. 490 |
| 2018 | Agonidae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 174 |
| 2021 | Agonidae Schwarzhans and Nielsen p. 41 |
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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. Agonidae [poachers]
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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 Burdigalian to the top of the Zanclean or 20.45000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Miocene | Chile | Agonopsis cume (46980 241729 241732) | |
| Burdigalian | Chile | Agonopsis cume (179976) | |
| Tortonian | Italy (Asti) | Agonidae indet. (237147) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Agonidae indet. (52582) |