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Amphicentriformes

Osteichthyes - Amphicentriformes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Amphicentriformes van der Laan p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
orderAmphicentriformes
orderAmphicentriformes

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.

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Fm. †Amphicentridae Young 1866
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G. †Adroichthys Gardiner 1969
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†Adroichthys tuberculatus Gardiner 1969
G. †Amphicentrum Young 1866
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†Amphicentrum crassum Traquair 1890
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Invalid names: Cheirodus granulosum Traquair 1879 [synonym]
†Amphicentrum jurgenai Zidek 1992
†Amphicentrum orbiculare Newberry and Worthen 1870
†Amphicentrum striatum Hancock and Atthey 1872
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Invalid names: Cheirodus striatus Traquair 1879 [objective synonym]
G. †Cheirodopsis Traquair 1881
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†Cheirodopsis geikiei Traquair 1881
G. †Chirodus M'Coy 1848
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†Chirodus acutus Newberry 1856
Invalid names: Chirodus pesranae M'Coy 1848 [nomen nudum]
G. †Eurynothus Agassiz 1843
G. †Proteurynotus Moy-Thomas and Bradley Dyne 1938
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†Proteurynotus traquairi Moy-Thomas and Bradley Dyne 1938
G. †Tompoichthys Obruchev 1964
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†Tompoichthys abramovi Obruchev 1964
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
Invalid names: Benedenius deneensis van Beneden 1871 [valid], Benedenius soreili Fraipont 1890 [valid]
G. †Benedenius Traquair 1877
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†Benedenius deneensis van Beneden 1871
†Benedenius soreili Fraipont 1890
Invalid names: Benedenius deneensis van Beneden 1871 [valid], Benedenius soreili Fraipont 1890 [valid]
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]
Fm. †Teleopterinidae Berg 1936
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G. †Eurylepis Newberry 1856
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†Eurylepis granulata Newberry 1856
†Eurylepis tuberculata Newberry 1856
G. †Teleopterina Berg 1936
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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Spathian or 353.70000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7South Africa (Eastern Cape) Adroichthys species A, Adroichthys species B, Adroichthys species C, Adroichthys species D, Adroichthys sp., Adroichthys tuberculatus (226926) Adroichthys species D (226990)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Styracopterus ottadinicus (230372)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) Fouldenia ischiptera (229809)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Fouldenia ischiptera (10658)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4United Kingdom Chirodus pesranae (132729)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Fouldenia ischiptera (229962)
Arundian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Styracopterus fulcratus, Proteurynotus traquairi, Cheirodopsis geikei (90682)
Arundian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom Cheirodopsis geikiei (140941)
Arundian346.7 - 339.9Belgium Benedenius deneensis (228904 228905) Benedenius deneensis, Benedenius soreili (228903)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 339.9Belgium Benedenius deneensis (90649)
Holkerian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Styracopterus fulcratus (227181)
Visean346.7 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Cheirodus crassus (230366)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Cheirodus crassus (93303) Proteurynotus traquairi (230309) Proteurynotus traquairi, Cheirodopsis geikei (230308)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Styracopteridae indet. (230415 230468)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Amphicentrum granulosum (230371 230425) Cheirodus crassus (229842 229857 230396)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Amphicentrum sp., Amphicentrum granulosum, Amphicentrum crassum (225477)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Amphicentrum sp. (235483)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2United Kingdom (England) Amphicentrum sp. (132670)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2United Kingdom (Flintshire) Cheirodus sp. (233388)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9United Kingdom (Monmouthshire) Cheirodus sp. (233389)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Flintshire) Cheirodus sp. (233393)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Amphicentrum granulosum (227256 227257 227258 227261)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Denbeighshire) Amphicentrum striatum (233392)
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6France (Pas-de-Calais) Amphicentrum striatum (228853) Cheirodus striatus (228889)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0United Kingdom (Staffordshire) Amphicentrum granulosum (229822)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0United Kingdom (England) Amphicentrum crassum (229497)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Amphicentrum granulosum (230354)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Illinois) Platysomus orbicularis (112630)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (New Mexico) Amphicentrum sp. (217021 217022 217023)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Amphicentrum jurgenai (179964 216992 216993 216994 217070)
Guadalupian274.4 - 259.51China (Xinjiang) Chichia gracilis (189975)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Russian Federation Tompoichthys abramovi (212566)