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Zeniontidae
Taxonomy
Zeniontidae was named by Myers (1960).
It was assigned to Zeoidei by van der Laan (2019); and to Zeiformes by Nelson et al. (2016), Lin et al. (2017), Schwarzhans and Nielsen (2021).
It was assigned to Zeoidei by van der Laan (2019); and to Zeiformes by Nelson et al. (2016), Lin et al. (2017), Schwarzhans and Nielsen (2021).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1960 | Zeniontidae Myers |
| 2016 | Zeniontidae Nelson et al. p. 291 |
| 2017 | Zeniontidae Lin et al. p. 894 |
| 2019 | Zeniontidae van der Laan p. 72 |
| 2021 | Zeniontidae Schwarzhans and Nielsen p. 38 |
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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.
Fm. †Zeniontidae Myers 1960
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G. Zenion Jordan and Evermann 1896
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†Zenion mattaccino Lin et al. 2017
†Zenion vetustus Lin et al. 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Tortonian or 48.07000 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lutetian | France | Zenion mattaccino, Zenion vetustus (188958) Zenion vetustus (188962) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Chile | Capromimus undulatus (46982) | |
| Tortonian | Italy (Asti) | Zenion hololepis (237147) |