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Pygaeidae
Taxonomy
Pygaeidae was named by Jordan (1905). Its type is Pygaeus.
It was assigned to Acanthuriformes by Jordan (1963); and to Carangaria by van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Acanthuriformes by Jordan (1963); and to Carangaria by van der Laan (2019).
Subtaxa
Pygaeus (type genus)
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2017-06-08; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2025-08-09
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1905 | Pygaeidae Jordan p. 405 |
| 1963 | Pygaeidae Jordan p. 708 |
| 2019 | Pygaeidae van der Laan p. 77 |
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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. †Pygaeidae Jordan 1905
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G. †Pygaeus Agassiz 1835
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†Pygaeus agassizii Eastman 1904
†Pygaeus bolcanus Volta 1796
†Pygaeus coleanus Agassiz 1839
†Pygaeus dorsalis Agassiz 1839
†Pygaeus egertoni Agassiz 1842
†Pygaeus gibbus Agassiz 1842
†Pygaeus gigas Agassiz 1835
†Pygaeus nobilis Agassiz 1835
†Pygaeus nuchalis Agassiz 1839
†Pygaeus oblongus Agassiz 1839
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||