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Anostomidae

Actinopteri - Characiformes - Anostomidae

Taxonomy
Anostomidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Heterognathi by Jordan (1963); and to Erythrinoidea by Nelson et al. (2016).

Subtaxa
Leporinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Anostomidae Jordan p. 637
2016Anostomidae Nelson et al. p. 200

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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)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
—Otophysa
superorderCharaciphysae
orderCharaciformesRegan 1911
suborderCharacoidei
superfamilyErythrinoidea
familyAnostomidae
familyAnostomidae

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. Leporinus Lundberg 1997
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 Priabonian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 38.00000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Peru Leporinus sp. (176136 176139)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Peru (Loreto) Leporinus sp. (176151)
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1Peru (Loreto) Leporinus sp. (144474)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Peru (San Martín) Leporinus sp. (225589)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Peru (San Martin) Leporinus sp. (225588)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Peru Leporinus sp. (199559 199561 199563 225590)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Peru (Loreto) Leporinus sp. (176129)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Peru Anostomidae indet. sp 1, Anostomidae indet. sp 2 (199560) Leporinus sp. (199562)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Peru (Loreto) Leporinus sp. (176130 176147)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Peru Anostomidae indet. (176155)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Peru Anostomidae indet., Leporinus sp. (176149)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Peru Anostomidae indet., Leporinus sp. (176135)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Peru Anostomidae indet., Leporinus sp. (176156) Leporinus sp. (176143)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Leporinus sp. (186679)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru A. tricuspid teeth, A. hexacuspid teeth (176162) Leporinus sp. (176133)