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Dictyopygidae

Osteichthyes - Dictyopygidae

Taxonomy
Dictyopygidae is a family. It is extant. Its type is Dictyopyge.

It was assigned to Ganoidei by Rapp (1946); and to Chondrostei by Hay (1902), Jordan (1963).

Subtaxa

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Catopteridae Woodward
1902Dictyopygidae Hay p. 370
1946Dictyopygidae Rapp p. 511
1963Dictyopygidae Jordan p. 612

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
familyDictyopygidae
familyDictyopygidae

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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Invalid names: Catopteridae Woodward 1890 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Hettangian or 227.30000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Pennsylvania) Rushlandia gilli (221018 221021)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5USA (Virginia) Catopteridae indet. (107637)