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Scleropages

Osteichthyes - Osteoglossiformes - Osteoglossidae

Taxonomy
Scleropages was named by Gunther (1864).

It was assigned to Osteoglossidae by Gunther (1864).

Species lacking formal opinion data
S. intertrappus, S. leichardti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Scleropages Gunther

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossomorpha()
orderOsteoglossiformesBerg 1940
familyOsteoglossidaeBonaparte 1832
genusScleropagesGunther 1864

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.

G. †Scleropages Gunther 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:33:46
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:33:30
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Miocene or 72.20000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) S. intertrappus (122240)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Australia (Queensland) S. leichardti (227021)