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Gerpegezhidae
Taxonomy
Gerpegezhidae was named by Bannikov and Carnevale (2012).
It was assigned to Centriscoidea by Bannikov and Carnevale (2012); and to Syngnathiformes by van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Centriscoidea by Bannikov and Carnevale (2012); and to Syngnathiformes by van der Laan (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2012 | Gerpegezhidae Bannikov and Carnevale p. 381 |
| 2019 | Gerpegezhidae van der Laan p. 75 |
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Fm. †Gerpegezhidae Bannikov and Carnevale 2012
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G. †Gerpegezhus Bannikov and Carnevale 2012
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†Gerpegezhus daniaoriundus Schrøder and Carnevale 2025
†Gerpegezhus paviai Bannikov and Carnevale 2012
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. F. Bannikov and G. Carnevale 2012 | A centriscoid family unique in having body elongate and slender, with maximum depth contained about ten times in SL; head elongate, anteriorly tubular, its length contained slightly less than four times in SL; 34 (13 + 21) vertebrae; elongate and slender ossified myoseptal tendons present epaxially and hypaxially with longitudinal arrange- ment throughout the caudal portion of the vertebral column; eight (or nine) principal caudal-fin rays; procurrent caudal- fin rays absent; dorsal-fin spines absent; dorsal- and anal-fin rays eight and 17, respectively; pelvic fin and girdle absent; anterior part of the body encased by strong bony plates with finely ornamented outer surface; dorsal component of the bony armour comprises two bilateral series of plates of 21 narrow and 22 subrectangular plates, respectively; ventral component of the body armour reduced to a short series of at least six unpaired, flat rectangular plates; posterior part of the body naked. |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | Denmark | Gerpegezhus daniaoriundus (67711 113028 120020 278078) | |
| Ypresian | Denmark (Central Denmark Region) | Gerpegezhus daniaoriundus (278077) | |
| Ypresian | Russian Federation (Kabardino-Balkarian) | Gerpegezhus paviai (218152) |