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Tomognathidae

Osteichthyes - Tomognathidae

Taxonomy
Tomognathidae was named by Jordan (1923). It is extant. Its type is Tomognathus.

It was assigned to Enchodontoidei by Jordan (1963); and to Neoteleostei by van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa
Tomognathus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Tomognathidae Jordan p. 126
1963Tomognathidae Jordan p. 626
2019Tomognathidae van der Laan p. 69

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
familyTomognathidaeJordan 1923
familyTomognathidaeJordan 1923

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. Tomognathidae Jordan 1923
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G. †Tomognathus Agassiz 1850
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†Tomognathus leiodus Dixon 1850
†Tomognathus mordax Dixon 1850
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, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available