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Ophididae
Taxonomy
Ophididae is a family.
It was assigned to Ophidiiformes by Nolf and Dockery (1993); to Ophidioidei by Schwarzhans et al. (2017); and to Ophidiformes by Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
It was assigned to Ophidiiformes by Nolf and Dockery (1993); to Ophidioidei by Schwarzhans et al. (2017); and to Ophidiformes by Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Ophididae Nolf and Dockery p. 30 |
| 2017 | Ophididae Schwarzhans et al. p. 158 |
| 2018 | Ophididae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 171 |
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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. †Ophididae
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G. †Bauzaia Frizzell and Dante 1965
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†Bauzaia gibbosa Lin et al. 2024
†Bauzaia lamberi Frizzell and Dante 1965
†Bauzaia melrosensis Frizzell and Dante 1965
†Bauzaia mucronatus Koken 1888
†Bauzaia tuberosa Robba 1970
Subfm. Brotulinae Swainson 1838
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G. †Signata Frizzell and Dante 1965
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†Signata nicoli Frizzell and Dante 1965
†Signata stenzeli Frizzell and Dante 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Tortonian or 56.00000 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Collections (26 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | USA (Maryland) | Bauzaia gibbosa (237212) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Texas) | Bauzaia mucronata (237222) | |
| Eocene | USA (Louisiana) | Ophididae indet. (163742) | |
| Eocene | USA (Texas) | Signata stenzeli, Bauzaia mucronata, Bauzaia lamberi, Bauzaia melrosensis (84145) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Mississippi) | Signata stenzeli, Bauzaia mucronata (237142) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Virginia) | Bauzaia mucronata (237135) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Texas) | Bauzaia mucronata, Bauzaia lamberi, Hoplobrotula melrosensis (237130) Signata nicoli, Bauzaia mucronata, Bauzaia lamberi, Bauzaia melrosensis (84146) Signata stenzeli, Bauzaia mucronata, Bauzaia lamberi, Hoplobrotula melrosensis (237116) | |
| Lutetian | India (Kachchh) | Brotulinarum siremboides (202251) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Bauzaia mucronata, Bauzaia lamberi, Hoplobrotula melrosensis (237140) | |
| Lutetian | USA (California) | Bauzaia sp. (200654) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Alabama) | Bauzaia mucronata (84149) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Texas) | Bauzaia mucronata, Bauzaia lamberi, Bauzaia melrosensis (84148) Signata nicoli, Bauzaia lamberi (84147) Signata stenzeli (84143) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | Bauzaia mucronata (237141) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Signata stenzeli, Bauzaia mucronata, Hoplobrotula melrosensis (237117) | |
| Bartonian | Indonesia (Java) | Brotulinarum siremboides (202252) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Texas) | Signata stenzeli (7437 7438 7439) Signata stenzeli, Bauzaia mucronata (237131 237143) | |
| Chattian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | Bauzaia occulta (32012) | |
| Tortonian | Italy | Hoplobrotula tuberosa (178120) |