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Loricariidae
Taxonomy
Loricariidae was named by Gill (1872). It is extant.
It was assigned to Nematognathii by Jordan (1963); to Siluriformes by Schaefer (1987) and Lundberg (1997); and to Loricaroidei by Betancur et al. (2013) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Nematognathii by Jordan (1963); to Siluriformes by Schaefer (1987) and Lundberg (1997); and to Loricaroidei by Betancur et al. (2013) and Nelson et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1872 | Loricariidae Gill |
| 1963 | Loricariidae Jordan p. 652 |
| 1987 | Loricariidae Schaefer |
| 1997 | Loricariidae Lundberg p. 84 fig. 5.13 |
| 2013 | Loricariidae Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Loricariidae Nelson et al. p. 216 |
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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. Loricariidae Gill 1872
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G. Acanthicus Lundberg 1997
G. Hypostomus Lundberg 1997
Invalid names: Angistrinae [empty], Delturinae [empty], Hypoptopomatinae [empty], Hypotominae [empty], Lithogeneinae [empty], Loricariinae [empty], Neoplecostominae [empty]
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 Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Eocene | Peru | Loricariidae indet. (176141) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Peru | Loricariidae indet. (199559) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Peru | Loricariidae indet. (199562) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Brazil (Sao Paulo) | Taubateia paraiba (137885) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Peru (Loreto) | Loricariidae indet. (176130) | |
| Middle Miocene | Peru (Loreto) | Loricariidae indet. (224007) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Peru | Loricariidae indet. (176156) | |
| Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Acanthicus sp. (186683) Hypostomus sp. (186662) Loricariidae indet. (186668) | |
| Tortonian | Peru | Loricariidae indet. (176133 176162) | |
| Tortonian | Argentina (Chubut) | Loricariidae indet. (122079) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Chubut) | Loricariidae indet. (205959) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Loricariidae indet. (122033) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Piaui) | Hypostomus auroguttatus (71332) |