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Ephippidae
Taxonomy
Ephippidae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Ephippiformes by Jordan (1963); to Chaetodontoidea by Casier (1966); to Ephippiformes by Betancur et al. (2013); to Perciformes by Carnevale et al. (2014); and to Moroniformes by Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Ephippiformes by Jordan (1963); to Chaetodontoidea by Casier (1966); to Ephippiformes by Betancur et al. (2013); to Perciformes by Carnevale et al. (2014); and to Moroniformes by Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Ephippidae Jordan p. 705 |
| 1966 | Ephippidae Casier p. 233 |
| 2013 | Ephippidae Betancur et al. |
| 2014 | Ephippidae Carnevale et al. p. 43 |
| 2016 | Ephippidae Nelson et al. p. 497 |
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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. Ephippidae
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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 Bartonian or 56.00000 to 38.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | Italy | Archaephippus asper, Eoplatax papilio (94830) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Whitephippus tamesis (13299) | |
| Bartonian | Spain | Chaetodipterus sp. (141924) |