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Ephippiformes

Osteichthyes - Ephippiformes

Taxonomy
Ephippiformes was named as an order. It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Ephippiformes by Jordan (1963).

It was assigned to Cirrhitoidei by Jordan (1963); to Percomorpharia by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Eupercaria by van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Ephippiformes Jordan p. 705
2013Ephippiformes Betancur et al.
2019Ephippiformes van der Laan p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderEphippiformes
orderEphippiformes

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.

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Fm. Drepaneidae Gill 1872
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G. Drepane Cuvier 1831 [sicklefish]
Fm. Ephippidae Bleeker 1859
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G. †Archaephippus Blot 1969
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†Archaephippus asper Volta 1796
G. †Chaetodipterus Lacepede 1802
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Chaetodipterus faber Broussonet 1782
G. †Eoplatax Blot 1969
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†Eoplatax papilio Volta 1796
G. †Laparon Casier 1966
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†Laparon alticeps Casier 1966
G. †Whitephippus Casier 1966
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†Whitephippus tamesis Casier 1966
Invalid names: Drepanidae Gill 1872 [empty]
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Whitephippus tamesis (13299)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom Whitephippus sp., Laparon alticeps, Whitephippus tamesis (215472)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Archaephippus asper, Eoplatax papilio (94830)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain Chaetodipterus sp. (141924)