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Osteoglossidae (arowana)

Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Osteoglossidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Osteoglossidae Bonaparte
1901Osteoglossidae Woodward p. 73
1902Osteoglossidae Hay p. 393
1963Osteoglossidae Jordan p. 623
1965Osteoglossidae Frizzell and Dante p. 695
1966Osteoglossidae Casier p. 139
1996Osteoglossidae Lim p. 287
1997Osteoglossidae Li et al.
1998Osteoglossidae Khajuria and Prasad
1999Osteoglossidae Weems p. 56
2000Osteoglossidae Newbrey and Bozek p. 13
2010Osteoglossidae Bogan et al. p. 165
2013Osteoglossidae Betancur et al.
2016Osteoglossidae Nelson et al. p. 156
2019Osteoglossidae Ebersole et al. p. 164
2022Osteoglossidae Cicimurri et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—Osteoglossocephala
superorderOsteoglossomorpha
orderOsteoglossiformesBerg 1940
familyOsteoglossidaeBonaparte 1832
familyOsteoglossidaeBonaparte 1832

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. Osteoglossidae Bonaparte 1832 [arowana]
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G. †Dapedoglossus Cope 1877
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†Dapedoglossus testis Cope 1877
G. Heterotis Rüppell 1828 [African arowana]
Subfm. Osteoglossinae Nelson 1968
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G. †Brychaetus Agassiz 1845
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†Brychaetus muelleri Woodward 1901
G. †Cretophareodus Lim 1996
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G. †Phareodus Leidy 1873
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†Phareodus acutus Leidy 1873
†Phareodus encaustus Cope 1871
†Phareodus testis Cope 1877
G. †Singida Greenwood and Patterson 1967
G. †Taverneichthys Kumar et al. 2005
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†Taverneichthys bikanericus Kumar et al. 2005
G. †Scleropages Gunther 1864
Invalid names: Heterodontinae [empty], Heterotidinae Nelson 1968 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:33:46
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:33:30
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 125.77000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Japan (Ishikawa) Osteoglossidae indet. (32324)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Saskatchewan) Cretophareodus sp. (229975)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Osteoglossidae indet. (74660)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) Osteoglossidae indet. (38682)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) Osteoglossidae indet. (57000)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Phareodus sp. (153368) Phareodus sp., Osteoglossidarum intertrappus, Osteoglossidae indet. (27014) Scleropages intertrappus (122240)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Valencia) Osteoglossidae indet. (47035)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Bolivia (Cochabamba) Heterotidinae indet. (12855)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Phareodus sp. (226125) Phareodus sp., Osteoglossidae indet. (75493)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Phareodus sp. (58100 222693)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mali Brychaetus sp. (114954)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene72.2 - 61.66India (Madhya Pradesh) Osteoglossidae indet. (226992)
Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Bolivia Brychaetus sp. (123343)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Mexico (Chiapas) Phareodus sp. (190739)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Bolivia (Mizque) Phareodus sp. (13501)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland Osteoglossidae indet. (206772)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0India (Rajasthan) Taverneichthys bikanericus (192265)
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9Mali Brychaetus sp. (202361)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04USA (washington) Phareodus sp. (236495)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Niger Brychaetus muelleri (229530)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene59.24 - 48.07India Osteoglossidae indet. (91316)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) Brychaetus muelleri (164192)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Mali (Gao) Brychaetus sp. (175262)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Maryland ) Brychaetus muelleri (124192)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom Osteoglossidae indet., Brychaetus muelleri (215472)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Osteoglossidae indet. (81179 209524)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Phareodus encaustus (134736) Phareodus testis (134737)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Virginia) Brychaetus muelleri (15595)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Phareodus sp. (74615 74617)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Phareodus sp. (182921)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan Osteoglossidae indet. (125084)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Osteoglossidae indet. (81224)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Osteoglossidae indet. (28978)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Tanzania Singida jacksonoides (31499)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Brychaetus sp. (41888)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Osteoglossidae indet. (209520)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Brychaetus sp. (75638)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Oman (Dhofar) Osteoglossidae indet. (175334)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (South Carolina) Osteoglossidae indet. (60444 224900)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kenya Osteoglossidae indet. (174672)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Australia (Queensland) Scleropages leichardti (227021)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Osteoglossidae indet. (55602)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Kenya Heterotis sp. (22241)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Heterotis sp. (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58Kenya Osteoglossidae spp. (22237)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Heterotis sp. (22240)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Kenya Heterotis sp. (22235)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger Heterotis niloticus (83304 83305)