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Malacopterygii (disused)

Taxonomy
Malacopterygii is an unranked clade. It is extant.

It was assigned to Teleostomi by de Beaufort (1926).

Subtaxa
Elopsidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Malacopterygii de Beaufort p. 120

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
—Malacopterygii
—Malacopterygii

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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Invalid names: Elopsidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 83.60000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Malacopterygii indet. (167918)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Maros) Elopsidae indet. (187654)