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Paralepis
Taxonomy
Paralepis was named by Cuvier (1816) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Sudidae by Arambourg (1925), Arambourg (1927); to Alepisauriformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Paralepididae by Gaudant et al. (1996), Gaudant et al. (2006), Carnevale (2007), Legendre et al. (2020); and to Paralepidae by Girone et al. (2006), Argyriou (2022).
It was assigned to Sudidae by Arambourg (1925), Arambourg (1927); to Alepisauriformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Paralepididae by Gaudant et al. (1996), Gaudant et al. (2006), Carnevale (2007), Legendre et al. (2020); and to Paralepidae by Girone et al. (2006), Argyriou (2022).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1816 | Paralepis Cuvier |
| 1925 | Paralepis Arambourg p. 58 |
| 1927 | Paralepis Arambourg p. 40 |
| 1996 | Paralepis Gaudant et al. p. 137 |
| 2002 | Paralepis Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Paralepis Gaudant et al. p. 796 |
| 2006 | Paralepis Girone et al. p. 655 |
| 2007 | Paralepis Carnevale p. 17 |
| 2020 | Paralepis Legendre et al. p. 17 |
| 2022 | Paralepis Argyriou p. 107 |
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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. Paralepis Cuvier 1816
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†Paralepis albyi Sauvage 1870
Paralepis coregonoides Risso 1820
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Messinian or 15.98000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene | Italy | P. albyi (185486) | |
| Tortonian | Italy | P. sp. (70491) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Sicily) | P. albyi (186578) | |
| Messinian | Italy | P. albyi (186576 186577 210251 210640) Tydeus albyi, P. albyi (185692) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Sicile) | P. albyi (210669) | |
| Messinian | Greece | P. albyi (207361) | |
| Messinian | Algeria | P. albyi (186583 186631) P. sp. (186585) P. sp., P. albyi (186582) | |
| Messinian | Algeria (Oran) | P. albyi (59256) |