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Massalongiidae

Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Massalongiidae

Taxonomy
Massalongiidae is a family.

It was assigned to Acanthuroidei by Bannikov (2014); and to Acanthuriformes by Nelson et al. (2016).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Massalongiidae Bannikov p. 30
2016Massalongiidae Nelson et al. p. 501

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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
Percomorphaceae
Percomorpharia
orderAcanthuriformes
familyMassalongiidae
familyMassalongiidae

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. †Massalongius Tyler and Bannikov 2005
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Massalongius gazolai Massalongo 1859
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available