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Uranoscopidae
Taxonomy
Uranoscopidae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Uranoscopiformes by Jordan (1963); to Percoidea by Casier (1966); to Uranoscopiformes by Betancur et al. (2013); to Trachiniformes by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Perciformes by Carnevale et al. (2011), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
It was assigned to Uranoscopiformes by Jordan (1963); to Percoidea by Casier (1966); to Uranoscopiformes by Betancur et al. (2013); to Trachiniformes by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Perciformes by Carnevale et al. (2011), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Uranoscopidae Jordan p. 731 |
| 1966 | Uranoscopidae Casier p. 452 |
| 2011 | Uranoscopidae Carnevale et al. |
| 2013 | Uranoscopidae Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Uranoscopidae Nelson et al. p. 426 |
| 2018 | Uranoscopidae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 189 |
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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. Uranoscopidae
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G. †Astroscopus
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†Astroscopus compactus Lin and Nolf 2022
†Astroscopus countermani Carnevale et al. 2011
G. †Kathetostoma
G. Uranoscopus Linnaeus 1758
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†Uranoscopus ignavus Schwarzhans 1980
†Uranoscopus rotundatus Casier 1966
†Uranoscopus rudis Schwarzhans 2019
†Uranoscopus tectiformis Schwarzhans 2019
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 Bortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 42.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lutetian | India (Kachchh) | Uranoscopidarum sp. (202251) | |
| Bortonian | New Zealand (South Island) | Uranoscopus ignavus (219322 219503) | |
| Bartonian | Indonesia (Java) | Uranoscopidae indet. (202252) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Astroscopus compactus (237138 237140) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | Astroscopus compactus (237139 237141) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Louisiana) | Uranoscopidae indet. (75638) | |
| Priabonian | Italy | Uranoscopidarum cochlearis (78617) | |
| Duntroonian | New Zealand (South Island) | Uranoscopus rudis (219615) Uranoscopus sp. (219611) | |
| Otaian | New Zealand (South Island) | Xenocephalus otaianus (219590) | |
| Burdigalian | France | Uranoscopus sp. (219196) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand (South Island) | Uranoscopus tectiformis (219597 219598 219744) | |
| Lillburnian - Waiauan | New Zealand (South Island) | Uranoscopus sp. (219610) | |
| Badenian | Czech Republic (Mikulov) | Uranoscopus sp. (161993) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Maryland) | Astroscopus countermani (135808) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Astroscopus sp., Kathetostoma sp. (52582) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Astroscopus sp. (73485) |