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Amphistiidae

Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes - Amphistiidae

Taxonomy
Amphistiidae was named by Boulenger (1902). Its type is Amphistium.

It was assigned to Capriformes by Jordan (1963); and to Pleuronectiformes by Carnevale et al. (2014), Bannikov (2014), van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa
Amphistium (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Amphistiidae Boulenger p. 300
1963Amphistiidae Jordan p. 704
2014Amphistiidae Bannikov p. 30
2014Amphistiidae Carnevale et al. p. 45
2019Amphistiidae van der Laan p. 78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
Carangaria
orderPleuronectiformes
familyAmphistiidaeBoulenger 1902
familyAmphistiidaeBoulenger 1902

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. †Amphistiidae Boulenger 1902
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G. †Amphistium Agassiz 1834
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Amphistium paradoxum Agassiz 1834
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:39:27
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:39:27
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Amphistium paradoxum (94830)