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Chaetodontiformes

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Chaetodontiformes is an unranked clade. It is extant.

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

Subtaxa
Leiognathidae
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2017-06-08

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Chaetodontiformes Jordan p. 706
2019Chaetodontiformes 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
—Chaetodontiformes
—Chaetodontiformes

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. Leiognathidae Gill 1893
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G. †Eoleiognathus Bannikov 2014
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†Eoleiognathus dorsalis Agassiz 1838
G. †Euleiognathus Yabumoto and Uyeno 2011
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†Euleiognathus tottori Yabumoto and Uyeno 1994
G. Gazza Rueppell 1835
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†Gazza orthensis Steurbaut 1982
G. Leiognathus Lacépède 1802
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†Leiognathus altapinus Weiller 1955
†Leiognathus minutus Danil'chenko 1980
G. Secutor Gistel 1848
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†Secutor africanus Schwarzhans 2013
Invalid names: Eoleiognathinae Bannikov 2014 [invalid subgroup]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 56.00000 to 11.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Eoleiognathus dorsalis (94830)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation (Adygeia) Leiognathus altapinnus (105572)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Romania Leiognathus altapinus (187379)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Gazza orthensis (152695 219194)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Hungary Gazza orthensis (184477)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Japan (Tottori) Leiognathus tottari (161450)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Tottori) Leiognathus tottori (190896)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Gabon Secutor africanus (219368)