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Owstoniidae (disused)

Osteichthyes - Uranoscopiformes - Owstoniidae

Taxonomy
Owstoniidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Uranoscopiformes by Jordan (1963).

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2017-06-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Owstoniidae Jordan p. 731

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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
orderUranoscopiformes
familyOwstoniidae
familyOwstoniidae

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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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available