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Berycidae

Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Berycidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Berycidae Lowe
1902Berycidae Hay p. 402
1902Berycidae Woodward p. 13
1946Berycidae Rapp p. 512
1963Berycidae Jordan p. 672
1966Berycidae Casier p. 177
1993Berycidae Nolf and Dockery p. 32
2003Berycidae Schwarzhans p. 75
2007Berycidae Schwarzhans p. 335
2011Berycidae Schwarzhans and Bratischko p. 96
2013Berycidae Betancur et al.
2016Berycidae Nelson et al. p. 314
2017Berycidae Schwarzhans et al. p. 158

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Berycimorphaceae
orderBeryciformes
familyBerycidaeLowe 1843
familyBerycidaeLowe 1843

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. Berycidae Lowe 1843
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G. †Argilloberyx Casier 1966
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G. Beryx Cuvier 1829
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†Beryx altus Ciobanu 1977
†Beryx eogenus David 1946
†Beryx kcli David 1946
†Beryx longus Ciobanu 1977
†Beryx sanjoaquinensis David 1946
G. Centroberyx Gill 1862
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†Centroberyx anguinicauda Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011
†Centroberyx fragilis Schwarzhans 2003
†Centroberyx ingens Koken 1884
†Centroberyx integer Koken 1885
†Centroberyx worthyi Schwarzhans et al. 2017
G. †Nishiberyx Schwarzhans et al. 2017
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†Nishiberyx nishimotoi Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:59:28
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:59:28
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Campanian to the top of the Clifdenian or 83.60000 to 13.65000 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
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Beryx sp. (167918)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Centroberyx fragilis (22943)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Centroberyx sp. (87817)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark Centroberyx fragilis (159792 159795) Centroberyx fragilis, Centroberyx integer (159793 159794)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Ukraine Centroberyx sp., Centroberyx anguinicauda, Centroberyx fragilis, Centroberyx integer (159509)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica Centroberyx sp. (100414)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Argilloberyx prestwichae (13299)
Waipawan - Mangaorapan55.8 - 49.5New Zealand (South Island) Centroberyx sp. (219497)
Heretaungan49.5 - 46.2New Zealand (South Island) Centroberyx sp. (219498)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Centroberyx eocenicus (188957 188958)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Beryx sp. (200654)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Lower Saxony,) Centroberyx sp., Centroberyx ingens (188954)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9USA (California) Beryx sanjoaquinensis, Beryx eogenus (191015)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Romania Beryx altus, Beryx longus (113962)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Centroberyx ingens (95898)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Japan (Saga) Nishiberyx nishimotoi (204551)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Louisiana) Centroberyx sp. (44521)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Centroberyx sp. (219194)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Centroberyx worthyi (219615 219618)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Centroberyx worthyi (219336 219579)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Beryx kcli (191012)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (South Island) Centroberyx worthyi (219591)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (North Island) Centroberyx worthyi (219517)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) Centroberyx worthyi (219524 219525 219526)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Centroberyx worthyi (219600 219622)
Clifdenian15.9 - 13.65New Zealand (South Island) Centroberyx worthyi (219623)