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Acropomatiformes

Osteichthyes - Acropomatiformes

Taxonomy
Acropomatiformes is an order. It is extant.

It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Lin and O’Dea (2025).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Acropomatiformes Lin and O’Dea

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
orderAcropomatiformes
orderAcropomatiformes

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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G. Malakichthys Döderlein 1883
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Malakichthys schwarzhansi Lin and O’Dea 2025
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

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

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Aichi) Malakichthys sp., Malakichthys griseus (161449)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Malakichthys schwarzhansi (172931)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Taiwan (Taiwan) Malakichthys sp. (237150 237152)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Taiwan (Tainan) Malakichthys sp. (208973)