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Uranoscopiformes

Osteichthyes - Uranoscopiformes

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

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

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

Subtaxa
Owstoniidae, Pinguipedidae, Uranoscopidae
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2013-04-25

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Uranoscopiformes Jordan p. 730
2013Uranoscopiformes Betancur et al.
2019Uranoscopiformes 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
orderUranoscopiformes
orderUranoscopiformes

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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G. Parapercis Bleeker 1963
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†Parapercis depressidorsalis Schwarzhans 2019
†Parapercis fatoides Schwarzhans 2019
†Parapercis fatuus Schwarzhans 1980
†Parapercis finlayi Frost 1924
†Parapercis pareoraensis Schwarzhans 2019
†Parapercis richardsoni Schwarzhans 2019
†Parapercis waiwaia Schwarzhans 2019
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†Astroscopus compactus Lin and Nolf 2022
†Astroscopus countermani Carnevale et al. 2011
G. †Uranoscopidarum Unknown
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†Uranoscopidarum cochlearis Girone and Nolf 2009
G. Uranoscopus Linnaeus 1758
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†Uranoscopus ignavus Schwarzhans 1980
†Uranoscopus rotundatus Casier 1966
†Uranoscopus rudis Schwarzhans 2019
†Uranoscopus tectiformis Schwarzhans 2019
G. †Xenocephalus Kaup 1858
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†Xenocephalus otaianus Schwarzhans 2019
Invalid names: Owstoniidae [empty]
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 Mangaorapan to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 52.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.9 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mangaorapan52.0 - 48.9New Zealand (South Island) Parapercis richardsoni (219499)
Mangaorapan - Heretaungan52.0 - 45.7New Zealand (South Island) Parapercis richardsoni (219500 219501)
Heretaungan48.9 - 45.7New Zealand (South Island) Parapercis richardsoni (219498)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Virginia) Astroscopus fusiformis (237135)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India (Kachchh) Uranoscopidarum sp. (202251)
Porangan45.7 - 42.6New Zealand (South Island) Parapercis richardsoni (219502)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Island) Uranoscopus ignavus (219322 219503)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Astroscopus compactus (237141)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Astroscopus compactus (237117 237138)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Indonesia (Java) Uranoscopidae indet. (202252)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy Uranoscopidarum cochlearis (78617)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Uranoscopidae indet. (75638)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (Otago) Parapercis finlayi (85548)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Parapercis fatuus (219331) Parapercis finlayi (219337) Parapercis finlayi, Parapercis fatuus (219570 219612) Uranoscopus rudis (219615) Uranoscopus sp., Parapercis finlayi (219611)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Parapercis fatuus, Parapercis depressidorsalis (219577) Parapercis finlayi (219334 219336 219582 219584) Parapercis finlayi, Parapercis fatuus (219319 219579 219581 219585) Parapercis finlayi, Parapercis fatuus, Parapercis depressidorsalis (219580) Parapercis sp., Parapercis finlayi, Parapercis depressidorsalis (219578)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (North Island) Parapercis bispicatus (219520 219522) Parapercis finlayi (219517)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (South Island) Parapercis bispicatus, Parapercis depressidorsalis, Parapercis fatoides (219591) Parapercis bispicatus, Xenocephalus otaianus (219590) Parapercis finlayi, Parapercis fatoides (219586 219587)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Uranoscopus sp. (219196)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Parapercis bispicatus, Parapercis finlayi (219622) Parapercis finlayi (219599 219602 219604 219606 219621) Parapercis finlayi, Parapercis depressidorsalis, Uranoscopus tectiformis (219598) Parapercis finlayi, Parapercis fatuus (219318) Parapercis finlayi, Parapercis pareoraensis (219341 219593) Parapercis finlayi, Uranoscopus tectiformis (219744) Uranoscopus tectiformis (219597)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) Parapercis sp. (219525) Parapercis sp., Parapercis finlayi (219524)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Parapercis finlayi (67900)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Parapercis finlayi (71242)
Clifdenian15.9 - 15.1New Zealand (South Island) Parapercis finlayi (219275 219623) Parapercis sp. (219274)
Lillburnian - Waiauan15.1 - 11.04New Zealand (South Island) Uranoscopus sp., Parapercis finlayi (219610)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Czechia (Mikulov) Uranoscopus sp. (161993)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Astroscopus countermani (135808)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Taiwan (Taiwan) Uranoscopus sp. (237145)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) Pinguipedidae indet. (211703)
Opoitian5.333 - 3.7New Zealand (South Island) Parapercis waiwaia (219624)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Taiwan (Taiwan) Parapercis sp. (237150 237152)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Astroscopus sp., Kathetostoma sp. (52582)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Taiwan Uranoscopus sp. (275913)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan (Kanagawa) Pinguipedidae indet. (275914)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Astroscopus sp. (73485)