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Characidae

Actinopteri - Characiformes - Characidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Characidae Lundberg p. 76 fig. 5.4G,H
2013Characidae Betancur et al.
2016Characidae Nelson et al. p. 203

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
—Otophysa
superorderCharaciphysae
orderCharaciformesRegan 1911
suborderCharacoidei
familyCharacidae
familyCharacidae

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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G. Colossoma Cuvier 1818
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Invalid names: Agoniatinae [empty], Aphyocharacinae [empty], Aphyoditeinae [empty], Bryconinae [empty], Characinae [empty], Cheirodontinae [empty], Clupeacharacinae [empty], Gymnocharacinae [empty], Iguanodectinae [empty], Rhoadsiinae [empty], Stethaprioninae [empty], Stevardiinae [empty], Tetragonopterinae Lundberg 1997 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:36:16
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:36:16
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Piacenzian or 70.60000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Characidae indet. (67811)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Bolivia (Cochabamba) Tetragonopterinae indet. (12855)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Peru (Puno) Tetragonopterinae indet. (28230 132938)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Algeria Characidae indet. (71984)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Peru (Loreto) Colossoma sp. (176140)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Characidae indet. (22247 22344 22396 22398 22400 22405 22419 22433)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) C. sp. (166506)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Peru (Loreto) Characidae indet. (224007) Colossoma macropomum (224009 224012 224013)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Characidae indet., Colossoma macropomum, Tetragonopterinae indet. (186683) Colossoma macropomum (186447 186669)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Colossoma sp. (55602)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Characidae indet. (22241)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) Colossoma macropomus (55600)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Characidae indet. (22240)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Uganda Characidae indet. (22250 22258)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Characidae indet. (22235 22239)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Characidae indet. (22122 22346)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Characidae indet. (152081 198863)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Colombia (La Guajira) C. sp. (166508)