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Megalopiformes (tarpon)

Actinopteri - Megalopiformes

Taxonomy
Megalopiformes is an order. It is extant.

It was assigned to Elopomorpha by Nolf and Dockery (1990); and to Osteichthyes by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa
Broweria

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Megalopiformes Nolf and Dockery III p. 2
2002Megalopiformes Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopocephalai
—Elopocephala
—Elopomorpha()
orderMegalopiformes
orderMegalopiformes

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.

Or. Megalopiformes [tarpon]
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G. †Broweria de Beaufort 1926
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†Brouweria robusta de Beaufort 1926
†Brouweria striata de Beaufort 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Maros) Brouweria sp., Brouweria robusta, Brouweria striata (187654)