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Veliferidae
Taxonomy
Veliferidae was named by Bleeker (1859).
It was assigned to Histichthyes by Jordan (1963); to Lampridiformes by Schwarzhans (2003), Carnevale et al. (2014), Bannikov (2014); and to Lampriformes by Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Histichthyes by Jordan (1963); to Lampridiformes by Schwarzhans (2003), Carnevale et al. (2014), Bannikov (2014); and to Lampriformes by Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1859 | Veliferidae Bleeker |
| 1963 | Veliferidae Jordan p. 665 |
| 2003 | Veliferidae Schwarzhans p. 70 |
| 2014 | Veliferidae Bannikov p. 26 |
| 2014 | Veliferidae Carnevale et al. p. 41 |
| 2016 | Veliferidae Nelson et al. p. 281 |
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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. †Veliferidae Bleeker 1859
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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 Ypresian to the top of the Rupelian or 56.00000 to 27.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | Italy | Velifer sp., Veronavelifer sorbinii, Velifer carosii, Wettonius angeloi (94830) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Veliferidae indet. (68021) |