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Ostracioidea (disused)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes

Taxonomy
Ostracioidea was named by Tyler (1980). It is extant.

It was reranked as the superfamily Ostracioidea by Santini and Tyler (2003).

It was assigned to Balistoidei by Santini and Tyler (2003); and to Tetraodontiformes by Tyler and Gregorovå (1991) and Ebersole et al. (2019).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Ostracioidea Tyler
1991Ostracioidea Tyler and Gregorovå p. 4
2003Ostracioidea Santini and Tyler p. 603
2019Ostracioidea Ebersole et al. p. 180

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Percomorpharia
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderOstracioideaTyler 1980
suborderOstracioideaTyler 1980

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.

Subor. Ostracioidea Tyler 1980
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Invalid names: Spinacanthidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:45:45
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:45:45
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available