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Alestidae
Taxonomy
Alestidae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Characoidei by Betancur et al. (2013); to Characiformes by Otero et al. (2015); and to Alestoidea by Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Characoidei by Betancur et al. (2013); to Characiformes by Otero et al. (2015); and to Alestoidea by Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2013 | Alestidae Betancur et al. |
| 2015 | Alestidae Otero et al. p. 9 |
| 2016 | Alestidae Nelson et al. p. 196 |
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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.
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 Lutetian to the top of the Calabrian or 47.80000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma
Collections (78 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutetian | Namibia (Sperrgebiet) | Hydrocynus sp. (149173) | |
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | Libya (Sirt) | Alestidae indet., Hydrocynus sp. (187328) Hydrocynus sp. (175361 175362 187327) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Kenya | Alestidae indet., Hydrocynus sp. (174672) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Tanzania (Mbeya) | Alestidae indet., Hydrocynus sp. (190951) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Uganda | Hydrocynus sp. (22214 22217 22218 22245 22247 22392 22396 22398 22400 22405 22419 22422 22433 22437 22457) | |
| Burdigalian | Uganda | Alestidae indet. (192070) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Kenya | Hydrocynus sp. (22241) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Uganda | Hydrocynus sp. (22358 22443) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Uganda | Hydrocynus sp. (22345) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Chad | Hydrocynus sp. (24181) | |
| Messinian | Chad | Hydrocynus sp. (59839) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Tanzania | Hydrocynus sp. (22042 22058) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Kenya | Hydrocynus sp. (22242) | |
| Zanclean | Kenya | Hydrocynus sp. (21406 21510 22240) | |
| Pliocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Hydrocynus sp. (22198) | |
| Pliocene | Uganda | Hydrocynus sp. (22257 22258 22265) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Kenya | Hydrocynus sp. (22235 22239) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Hydrocynus sp. (22122 22207 22346) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Uganda | Hydrocynus sp. (22202 22203 22209) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Egypt | Hydrocynus sp. (22592) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian | Ethiopia | Hydrocynus sp. (21546) | |
| Piacenzian | Kenya | Hydrocynus sp. (21425 21432 21436 21485 21509) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Uganda | Hydrocynus sp. (22178) | |
| Gelasian | Kenya | Hydrocynus sp. (21398 21412 21418 21420 21451 21457 21461 21478 21483 21486 21504 21537) | |
| Gelasian | Ethiopia | Hydrocynus sp. (21545) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Kenya | Hydrocynus sp. (21367 21370 21421 21462 21495 21498 22342) | |
| Calabrian | Kenya (Rift Valley) | Hydrocynus sp. (21294) | |
| Calabrian | Kenya | Hydrocynus sp. (21368 21443) |