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Alepisauridae (lancetfish)
Taxonomy
Alepisauridae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Alepisauroidei by Kriwet (2003) and Betancur et al. (2013); to Aulopiformes by Khajuria and Prasad (1998) and Nelson et al. (2016); and to Alepisauroidea by Suzuki (2018).
It was assigned to Alepisauroidei by Kriwet (2003) and Betancur et al. (2013); to Aulopiformes by Khajuria and Prasad (1998) and Nelson et al. (2016); and to Alepisauroidea by Suzuki (2018).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1998 | Alepisauridae Khajuria and Prasad |
| 2003 | Alepisauridae Kriwet p. 325 |
| 2013 | Alepisauridae Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Alepisauridae Nelson et al. p. 275 |
| 2018 | Alepisauridae Suzuki |
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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.
Fm. Alepisauridae [lancetfish]
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G. Alepisaurus
G. †Apatodus
G. Omosudis Günther 1887 [hammerjaw]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Messinian or 72.10000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | India (Andhra Pradesh) | Apatodus sp. (58100) | |
| Middle Miocene | Italy | Alepisaurus sp. (185486) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan (Nagano) | Omosudis sp. (227623) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | Alepisaurus sp. (187324) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Virginia) | Alepisaurus sp. (152251) | |
| Messinian | USA (Virginia) | Alepisaurus sp. (179732) |