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Giganturidae (disused)

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Giganturidae

Taxonomy
Giganturidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Atelaxia by Jordan (1963); to Alepisauroidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Aulopiformes by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Giganturidae Jordan p. 666
2013Giganturidae Betancur et al.
2016Giganturidae Nelson et al. p. 271

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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
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Aulopa
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderAlepisauroidei
familyGiganturidae
familyGiganturidae

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available