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Percopsiformes

Osteichthyes - Percopsiformes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Percopsiformes Berg
2006Percopsiformes Nelson
2011Percopsiformes Long p. 243
2013Percopsiformes Betancur et al.
2016Percopsiformes Nelson et al. p. 287
2019Percopsiformes van der Laan p. 72

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Paracanthopterygii()
orderPercopsiformesBerg 1940
orderPercopsiformesBerg 1940

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.

Or. Percopsiformes Berg 1940
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Fm. Percopsidae Regan 1911
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G. †Amphiplaga Cope 1877
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Invalid names: Erismatopterus endlichi Cope 1877 [synonym]
G. †Erismatopterus Cope 1871
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Invalid names: Erismatopterus rickseckeri Cope 1871 [synonym]
G. †Lateopisciculus Murray and Wilson 1996
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Lateopisciculus turrifumosus Murray and Wilson 1996
G. †Libotonius Wilson 1977
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Libotonius pearsoni Wilson 1979
G. †Massamorichthys Murray 1996
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Massamorichthys wilsoni Murray 1996
G. Percopsis Agassiz 1849
G. †Percopsiformorum Berg 1940
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Percopsiformorum enigmaticus Schwarzhans 2003
Percopsiformorum resonus Schwarzhans 2004
Invalid names: Amblyopsidae [empty], Aphredoderidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Lutetian or 72.20000 to 41.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Percopsiformes indet. (14519)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Percopsiformes indet. (14549 144502 192247)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Percopsiformes indet. (190346)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland Percopsiformorum resonus (22943)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Alberta) Percopsidae indet. (24926)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Denmark Percopsiformorum enigmaticus (159792 159793)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5Canada (Alberta) Paracanthopterygia indet. (22732)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Canada (Alberta) Percopsidae indet. (133214)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Utah) Percopsiformes indet. (198248)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Amblyopsidae indet. (192130) Amphiplaga sp. (74617)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) Libotonius blakeburnensis (144348 204404)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Washington) Libotonius pearsoni (189961)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Canada (British Columbia) Libotonius sp. (189959)