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Brosmophycinae

Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae

Taxonomy
Brosmophycinae was named by Gill (1862). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bythidae by Gaemers (1984); and to Bythitidae by Steurbaut (1984), Schwarzhans and Bratischko (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Brosmophycinae Gill
1984Brosmophycinae Gaemers p. 36
1984Brosmophycinae Steurbaut p. 63
2011Brosmophycinae Schwarzhans and Bratischko p. 96

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Ophidiaria
orderOphidiiformesBerg 1937
suborderBythitoidei
familyBythitidaeGill 1861
subfamilyBrosmophycinaeGill 1862
subfamilyBrosmophycinaeGill 1862

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.

Subfm. Brosmophycinae Gill 1862
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G. †Bidenichthys Barnard 1934
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†Bidenichthys struthersi Schwarzhans 2019
G. †Kalabisia Přikryl and Carnevale 2018
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†Kalabisia krumvirensis Přikryl and Carnevale 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: parasiteo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:30:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:30:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Altonian or 66.00000 to 15.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland Bidenichthys lapierrei (22943)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Denmark Bidenichthys lapierrei (159792 159793 159794)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Bidenichthys sp. (95898)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45Czechia Kalabisia krumvirensis (219098)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Bidenichthys struthersi (219622 219744)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) Bidenichthys struthersi (219526)