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Styracopteridae

Osteichthyes - Amphicentriformes - Styracopteridae

Taxonomy
Styracopteridae was named by Moy-Thomas (1937). Its type is Styracopterus.

It was assigned to Eurynotiformes by Sallan and Coates (2013); and to Amphicentriformes by van der Laan (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Styracopteridae Moy-Thomas
1978Chichiidae Liu and Wang
2013Styracopteridae Sallan and Coates
2019Styracopteridae van der Laan p. 51
2021Chichiidae Schultze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
orderAmphicentriformes
familyStyracopteridaeMoy-Thomas 1937
familyStyracopteridaeMoy-Thomas 1937

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. †Styracopteridae Moy-Thomas 1937
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G. †Benedenius Traquair 1877
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Benedenius deneensis van Beneden 1871
Benedenius soreili Fraipont 1890
G. †Chichia Liu and Wang 1978
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Chichia gracilis Liu and Wang 1978
G. †Fouldenia White 1927
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Fouldenia ischiptera Traquair 1881
Fouldenia striatulus Schultze et al. 2021
G. †Styracopterus Traquair 1890
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Styracopterus fulcratus Traquair 1881
Invalid names: Chichiidae Liu and Wang 1978 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Guadalupian or 353.70000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) Fouldenia ischiptera (229809)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Styracopterus ottadinicus (230372)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Fouldenia ischiptera (10658)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Fouldenia ischiptera (229962)
Arundian346.7 - 339.9Belgium Benedenius deneensis (228904 228905) Benedenius deneensis, Benedenius soreili (228903)
Arundian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Styracopterus fulcratus (90682)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 339.9Belgium Benedenius deneensis (90649)
Holkerian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Styracopterus fulcratus (227181)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Styracopteridae indet. (230415 230468)
Guadalupian274.4 - 259.51China (Xinjiang) Chichia gracilis (189975)