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Ganolytidae

Osteichthyes - Ganolytidae

Taxonomy
Ganolytidae was named by Jordan (1921). Its type is Ganolytes.

It was assigned to Isospondyli by Jordan (1921); to Elopoidea by Jordan (1963); and to Otomorpha by van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa
Ganolytes (syn. Diradias) (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Ganolytidae Jordan
1963Ganolytidae Jordan p. 618
2019Ganolytidae van der Laan p. 64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Life
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
familyGanolytidae
familyGanolytidae

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. †Ganolytidae Jordan 1921
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G. †Ganolytes Jordan 1919
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†Ganolytes aphrasta Jordan 1925
†Ganolytes aratus Jordan 1924
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Invalid names: Diradias fenestralis Jordan 1925 [synonym]
†Ganolytes cameo Jordan 1919
†Ganolytes clepsydra Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Invalid names: Diradias Jordan 1924 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Clarendonian or 23.04000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Ganolytes cameo (186008 186009)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Ganolytes cameo (186006) Ganolytes clepsydra (186021 186024)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Ganolytes cameo (84331)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) Diradias aratus, Xenothrissa aphrasta (45489)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Ganolytes cameo (185670 185673 186660)