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Alepisaurus
Taxonomy
Alepisaurus is a genus. It is extant.
It was assigned to Alepisauriformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Alepisauridae by Kriwet (2003), Carnevale (2007), Legendre et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Alepisauriformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Alepisauridae by Kriwet (2003), Carnevale (2007), Legendre et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Alepisaurus Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Alepisaurus Kriwet p. 325 |
| 2007 | Alepisaurus Carnevale p. 20 |
| 2020 | Alepisaurus Legendre et al. p. 20 |
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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.
G. Alepisaurus
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Messinian or 13.82000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Miocene | Italy | A. sp. (185486) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | A. sp. (187324) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Virginia) | A. sp. (152251) | |
| Messinian | USA (Virginia) | A. sp. (179732) |