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Alepocephalus

Osteichthyes - Alepocephaliformes - Alepocephalidae

Taxonomy
Alepocephalus was named by Goode and Bean (1879). It is extant.

It was assigned to Alepocephalidae by Girone et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Alepocephalus Goode and Bean
2006Alepocephalus Girone et al. p. 655

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otomorpha
superorderAlepocephali
orderAlepocephaliformes
familyAlepocephalidae
genusAlepocephalusGoode and Bean 1879

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.

G. Alepocephalus Goode and Bean 1879
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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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy A. sp. (159455)
Gelasian - Ionian2.58 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) A. sp. (207577)