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Megalopidae
Taxonomy
Megalopidae was named by Jordan (1923). It is extant.
It was assigned to Elopoidea by Jordan (1963); to Elopoidei by Forey (1973); to Megalopiformes by Nolf and Dockery (1990); and to Elopiformes by Weems (1999), Fierstine et al. (2012), Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016), Khalloufi et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Elopoidea by Jordan (1963); to Elopoidei by Forey (1973); to Megalopiformes by Nolf and Dockery (1990); and to Elopiformes by Weems (1999), Fierstine et al. (2012), Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016), Khalloufi et al. (2019).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1923 | Megalopidae Jordan |
| 1963 | Megalopidae Jordan p. 618 |
| 1969 | Sedenhorstiidae Goody p. 3 |
| 1973 | Megalopidae Forey p. 44 |
| 1990 | Megalopidae Nolf and Dockery III p. 3 |
| 1999 | Megalopidae Weems p. 56 |
| 2012 | Megalopidae Fierstine et al. p. 12 |
| 2013 | Megalopidae Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Megalopidae Nelson et al. p. 135 |
| 2019 | Megalopidae Khalloufi et al. |
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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. Megalopidae Jordan 1923
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G. Megalops Lacépède 1803
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†Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes 1847
†Megalops lissa Stinton 1957
†Megalops oblongus Woodward 1901
G. †Promegalops Casier 1966
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†Promegalops sheppeyensis Casier 1966
†Promegalops signeuxae Casier 1966
G. †Protarpon Forey 1973
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†Protarpon boualii Khalloufi et al. 2019
†Protarpon oblongus Woodward 1901
†Protarpon priscus Woodward 1901
G. †Sedenhorstia
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†Sedenhorstia dayi Hay 1903
†Sedenhorstia granulata von der Marck 1863
†Sedenhorstia libanica Woodward 1901
†Sedenhorstia orientalis Goody 1969
Invalid names: Microcoelia von der Marck 1863 [replaced]
Invalid names: Sedenhorstiidae Goody 1969 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Irvingtonian or 110.10000 to 0.21000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Collections (19 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian | Mexico (Puebla) | Megalops sp. (80283) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Lebanon | Microcoelia dayi (221229) Sedenhorstia dayi, Sedenhorstia orientalis (127467) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Germany | Microcoelia granulata (221714) | |
| Danian | Morocco | Protarpon boualii (231197) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Virginia) | Megalopidae indet. (15595) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Megalops priscus, Megalops oblongus, Promegalops signeuxae, Promegalops sheppeyensis (13299) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom | Promegalops signeuxae, Promegalops sheppeyensis, Protarpon priscus, Protarpon oblongus (215472) | |
| Late/Upper Uintan | USA (Texas) | Megalopidae indet. (16542) | |
| Chattian | Australia (Victoria) | Megalops lissa (48647 219138) | |
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Megalops atlanticus (48887) | |
| Langhian | Australia (Victoria) | Megalops lissa (219137) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | Megalops atlanticus (126605 187324) Megalops sp. (57700) | |
| Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Megalops atlantica (18554) | |
| Messinian | USA (Virginia) | Megalops atlanticus (179732) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Megalops atlanticus (20400) |