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Paralepididae
Taxonomy
Paralepididae is a family. It is extant.
It was corrected as Paralepidae by Jordan (1963).
It was assigned to Scopeliformes by Danil'chenko (1960); to Iniomi by Jordan (1963); to Myctophoidei by Constantin (1999); to Pisces by Girone et al. (2006); to Alepisauroidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Aulopiformes by Fierstine et al. (2012), Carnevale et al. (2014), Bannikov (2014), Nelson et al. (2016), Přikryl et al. (2016), Lin et al. (2017).
It was corrected as Paralepidae by Jordan (1963).
It was assigned to Scopeliformes by Danil'chenko (1960); to Iniomi by Jordan (1963); to Myctophoidei by Constantin (1999); to Pisces by Girone et al. (2006); to Alepisauroidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Aulopiformes by Fierstine et al. (2012), Carnevale et al. (2014), Bannikov (2014), Nelson et al. (2016), Přikryl et al. (2016), Lin et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1960 | Paralepididae Danil'chenko p. 39 |
| 1963 | Paralepidae Jordan p. 654 |
| 1999 | Paralepididae Constantin |
| 2006 | Paralepidae Girone et al. p. 655 |
| 2012 | Paralepididae Fierstine et al. p. 50 |
| 2013 | Paralepididae Betancur et al. |
| 2014 | Paralepididae Bannikov p. 26 |
| 2014 | Paralepididae Carnevale et al. p. 41 |
| 2016 | Paralepididae Nelson et al. p. 274 |
| 2016 | Paralepididae Přikryl et al. |
| 2017 | Paralepididae Lin et al. p. 16 |
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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. Paralepididae
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Subfm. †Holosteinae Prokofiev 2005
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G. †Holosteus Agassiz 1835
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Holosteus esocinus Agassiz 1835
†Holosteus fieniensis Constantin 1999
†Holosteus mariae Menner 1959
G. †Paralepididarum Unknown
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 Ypresian to the top of the Messinian or 56.00000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ypresian | Italy | Holosteus esocinus (94830) | |
| Rupelian | Poland (Subcarpathian Voivodeship) | Holosteus sp. (186589) | |
| Middle Miocene | Italy | Paralepis albyi (185486) | |
| Tortonian | USA (California) | Drimys defensor (45489) | |
| Tortonian | Italy | Paralepis sp. (70491) | |
| Messinian | Algeria | Paralepis albyi (186583 186631) Paralepis sp. (186585) Paralepis sp., Paralepis albyi (186582) | |
| Messinian | Algeria (Oran) | Paralepis albyi (59256) | |
| Messinian | Greece | Paralepis albyi (207361) | |
| Messinian | Italy | Paralepis albyi (186576 186577 210251 210640) Tydeus albyi, Paralepis albyi (185692) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Sicile) | Paralepis albyi (210669) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Sicily) | Paralepis albyi (186578) |