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Dactyloptena

Actinopteri - Dactylopteriformes - Cephalacanthidae

Taxonomy
Dactyloptena is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cephalacanthidae by Steurbaut (1979), Steurbaut (1984); and to Dactylopteriformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Dactyloptena Steurbaut p. 69
1984Dactyloptena Steurbaut p. 74
2002Dactyloptena Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—EuteleosteiRosen 1973
superorderAcanthopterygii
—Percomorpha
orderDactylopteriformes
familyCephalacanthidaeBerg 1940
genusDactyloptena

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
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France D. sp. (220042)