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Alycaeidae
Taxonomy
Alycaeinae was named by Blanford (1864). It is extant. Its type is Alycaeus.
It was reranked as the family Alycaeidae by Yu et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Cyclophoridae by Bouchet et al. (2005), Raheem and Schneider (2017); and to Cyclophoroidea by Yu et al. (2022).
It was reranked as the family Alycaeidae by Yu et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Cyclophoridae by Bouchet et al. (2005), Raheem and Schneider (2017); and to Cyclophoroidea by Yu et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Alycaeus (type genus), Metalycaeus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1864 | Alycaeinae Blanford |
| 2005 | Alycaeinae Bouchet et al. p. 248 |
| 2017 | Alycaeinae Raheem and Schneider p. 1305 |
| 2022 | Alycaeidae Yu et al. p. 724 |
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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. Alycaeidae Blanford 1864
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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 Aquitanian to the top of the Langhian or 23.04000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.45 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.45 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aquitanian | Vietnam | Alycaeus sonlaensis (231080) | |
| Langhian | China (Fujian) | Metalycaeus fossilis (220273) |