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Vesperaliidae

Acanthodii - Climatiiformes - Vesperaliidae

Taxonomy
Vesperaliidae was named by Valiukevicius and Burrow (2005). It is not extant. Its type is Vesperalia.

It was assigned to Acanthodii by Valiukevicius and Burrow (2005); and to Climatiiformes by van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa
Acanthacanthus, Vesperalia (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Vesperaliidae Valiukevicius and Burrow
2019Vesperaliidae van der Laan p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classAcanthodiiOwen 1846
orderClimatiiformesBerg 1940
familyVesperaliidae
familyVesperaliidae

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. †Vesperaliidae Valiukevicius and Burrow 2005
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G. †Acanthacanthus Valiukevicius 2003
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Acanthacanthus ornatus Valiukevicius 2003
G. †Vesperalia Valiukevicius 2004
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Vesperalia perplexa Valiukevicius 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-12-09 04:51:13
Modified: 2009-12-09 06:54:46
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Pridoli to the top of the Lochkovian or 422.70000 to 413.02000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Lithuania Vesperalia perplexa (238155 238156 238157)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation Acanthacanthus ornatus (90329)