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Osteoglossoidei

Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes

Taxonomy
Osteoglossoidei is a suborder. It is extant.

It was corrected as Osteoglossoidea by Jordan (1963).

It was assigned to Clupeiformes by Frizzell and Dante (1965); to Isospondyli by Jordan (1963) and Casier (1966); and to Osteoglossiformes by Li et al. (1997), Bogan et al. (2010) and Taverne (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Osteoglossoidea Jordan p. 623
1965Osteoglossoidei Frizzell and Dante p. 695
1966Osteoglossoidea Casier p. 139
1997Osteoglossoidei Li et al.
2010Osteoglossoidei Bogan et al. p. 165
2022Osteoglossoidei Taverne p. 151

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
Osteoglossocephala
superorderOsteoglossomorpha
orderOsteoglossiformesBerg 1940
suborderOsteoglossoidei
suborderOsteoglossoidei

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.

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Fm. Pantodontidae Peters 1876
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G. †Capassopiscis Taverne 2022
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Capassopiscis pankowskii Taverne 2022
G. †Palaeopantodon Taverne 2021
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G. †Pankowskipiscis Taverne 2021
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G. †Petersichthys Taverne 2021
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Petersichthys libanicus Taverne 2021
G. †Prognathoglossum Taverne and Capasso 2012
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Prognathoglossum kalassyi Taverne and Capasso 2012
Invalid names: Clupisudidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:33:46
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:33:30
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 99.60000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Capassopiscis pankowskii, Petersichthys libanicus, Pankowskipiscis haqelensis, Palaeopantodon vandersypeni (221948)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Prognathoglossum kalassyi (221170)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Peru (Loreto) Osteoglossoidei indet. (224007)