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Aplodactylidae

Osteichthyes - Centrarchiformes - Aplodactylidae

Taxonomy
Aplodactylidae was named by Guenther (1859). It is extant. Its type is Aplodactylus.

It was assigned to Perciformes by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Cirrhitoidei by Jordan (1963), van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa
Aplodactylus (type genus)
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2017-06-08; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-02-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Aplodactylidae Guenther
1963Aplodactylidae Jordan p. 704
2016Aplodactylidae Nelson et al. p. 460
2019Aplodactylidae van der Laan p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderCentrarchiformes
suborderCirrhitioidei
familyAplodactylidaeGuenther 1859
familyAplodactylidaeGuenther 1859

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. Aplodactylidae Guenther 1859
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G. Aplodactylus Valenciennes 1832
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Gelasian or 3.60000 to 1.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Chile Aplodactylus sp. (277625)