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Monacanthidae
Taxonomy
Monacanthidae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Sclerodermi by Jordan (1963); to Plectognathi by Casier (1966); to Balistoidea by Tyler and Sorbini (1996), Santini and Tyler (2003); to Balistoidei by Tyler and Santini (2002), Betancur et al. (2013); and to Tetraodontiformes by Purdy et al. (2001), Sorbini and Tyler (2004), Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Sclerodermi by Jordan (1963); to Plectognathi by Casier (1966); to Balistoidea by Tyler and Sorbini (1996), Santini and Tyler (2003); to Balistoidei by Tyler and Santini (2002), Betancur et al. (2013); and to Tetraodontiformes by Purdy et al. (2001), Sorbini and Tyler (2004), Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Monacanthidae Jordan p. 739 |
| 1966 | Monacanthidae Casier p. 462 |
| 1996 | Monacanthidae Tyler and Sorbini p. 36 |
| 2001 | Monacanthidae Purdy et al. p. 185 |
| 2002 | Monacanthidae Tyler and Santini p. 82 |
| 2003 | Monacanthidae Santini and Tyler p. 603 |
| 2004 | Monacanthidae Sorbini and Tyler |
| 2013 | Monacanthidae Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Monacanthidae Nelson et al. p. 523 |
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Fm. Monacanthidae
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G. †Frigocanthus Sorbini and Tyler 2004
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†Frigocanthus margaritatus Sorbini and Tyler 2004
†Frigocanthus stroppanobili Sorbini and Tyler 2004
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 Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | Italy | Monacanthidae indet. (55239) | |
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Aluterus sp. (48887) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan | Aluterus shigensis (237490) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | Aluterus sp. (57700) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | Australia (South Australia) | Monacanthidae indet. (50343) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (South Carolina) | Aluterus sp. (212232) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Aluterus sp. (52582) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Greece (Crete) | Frigocanthus stroppanobili (207302) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy | Monacanthidae indet. (210258) | |
| Piacenzian | Peru | Aluterus sp. (219106) | |
| Piacenzian | Greece (Crete) | Monacanthidae indet. (207303) | |
| Piacenzian - Gelasian | Italy | Monacanthidae indet. (57058) | |
| Calabrian | Peru (Ica) | Aluterus sp. (219059 219104) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Aluterus sp. (188304) | |
| Holocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Monacanthidae indet. (235090) |