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Molidae
Taxonomy
Molidae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Gymnodontes by Jordan (1963); to Tetraodontoidea by Tyler and Sorbini (1996); to Moloidea by Santini and Tyler (2003); to Moloidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Tetraodontiformes by Purdy et al. (2001), Tyler and Santini (2002), Gregorova et al. (2009), Nelson et al. (2016), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
It was assigned to Gymnodontes by Jordan (1963); to Tetraodontoidea by Tyler and Sorbini (1996); to Moloidea by Santini and Tyler (2003); to Moloidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Tetraodontiformes by Purdy et al. (2001), Tyler and Santini (2002), Gregorova et al. (2009), Nelson et al. (2016), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1963 | Molidae Jordan p. 741 |
| 1996 | Molidae Tyler and Sorbini p. 36 |
| 2001 | Molidae Purdy et al. p. 188 |
| 2002 | Molidae Tyler and Santini p. 110 |
| 2003 | Molidae Santini and Tyler p. 603 |
| 2009 | Molidae Gregorova et al. p. 361 |
| 2013 | Molidae Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Molidae Nelson et al. p. 524 |
| 2018 | Molidae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 199 |
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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. Molidae
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G. Mola Linck 1790
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Mola chelonopsis Ichishima and Kimura 2009
Mola mola Linnaeus 1758 [ocean sunfish]
†Mola pileata Van Beneden 1881
Mola ramsayi Giglioli 1883
Invalid names: Orthagoriscus [synonym]
G. Ranzania Nardo 1840
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†Ranzania grahami Weems 1985
Ranzania laevis Pennant 1776 [slender sunfish]
†Ranzania ogaii Uyeno and Sakamoto 1994
†Ranzania tenneyorum Weems 1985
†Ranzania zappai Carnevale 2007
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 Zanclean or 56.00000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ypresian | Italy | Molidae indet. (55239) | |
| Rupelian | Russian Federation | Eomola bimaxillaria (186469) | |
| Aquitanian | Austria | Austromola angerhoferi (99160) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Virginia) | Ranzania tenneyorum (89549) | |
| Burdigalian - Miocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Molidae indet. (133690) | |
| Langhian | USA (Virginia) | Ranzania grahami (104749) | |
| Langhian | USA (Maryland) | Ranzania sp. (48884) | |
| Middle Miocene | Italy | Ranzania zappai (185486) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan (Saitama) | Ranzania ogaii (220509) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | Mola sp., Ranzania sp. (57700) Ranzania grahami (126605 187324) | |
| Tortonian | Belgium | Molidae indet. (217346) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Mola chelonopsis (52582) |