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Archaeomaenidae

Osteichthyes - Pholidophoriformes - Archaeomaenidae

Taxonomy
Archaeomaenidae was named by Wade (1941). Its type is Archaeomaene.

It was assigned to Pholidophoroidea by Gardiner (1960); to Halecomorphi by Jordan (1963); and to Pholidophoriformes by Arratia (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Archaeomaenidae Wade
1960Archaeomaenidae Gardiner p. 347
1963Archaeomaenidae Jordan p. 616
2013Archaeomaenidae Arratia p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderPholidophoriformes
familyArchaeomaenidaeWade 1941
familyArchaeomaenidaeWade 1941

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. †Archaeomaenidae Wade 1941
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G. †Gurvanichthys Jakovlev 1986
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†Gurvanichthys mongoliensis Jakovlev 1986
G. †Madariscus Wade 1941
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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia (Govi-Altai) Gurvanichthys mongoliensis (122332)