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Acropomatiformes
Taxonomy
Acropomatiformes is an order. It is extant.
It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Lin and O’Dea (2025).
It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Lin and O’Dea (2025).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2025 | Acropomatiformes Lin and O’Dea |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene | Japan (Aichi) | Malakichthys sp., Malakichthys griseus (161449) | |
| Messinian | Panama | Malakichthys schwarzhansi (172931) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Taiwan (Taiwan) | Malakichthys sp. (237150 237152) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Taiwan (Tainan) | Malakichthys sp. (208973) |