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Dactylopteriformes

Actinopteri - Dactylopteriformes

Taxonomy
Dactylopteriformes was named as an order. It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Dactylopteriformes by Jordan (1963).

It was assigned to Cataphracti by Jordan (1963); to Osteichthyes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Percomorpha by Bannikov (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Dactylopteriformes Jordan p. 717
2002Dactylopteriformes Sepkoski
2014Dactylopteriformes Bannikov p. 27

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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)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Percomorpha
orderDactylopteriformes
orderDactylopteriformes

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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Fm. †Cephalacanthidae Berg 1940
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G. †Cephalacanthus Lacépède 1802
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G. †Pterygocephalus Agassiz 1835
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†Pterygocephalus paradoxus Agassiz 1835
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available