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Scaphirhynchinae
Taxonomy
Scaphirhynchini was named by Bonaparte (1846). It is extant. Its type is Scaphirhynchus.
It was reranked as the subfamily Scaphirhynchinae by Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Acipenserinae by Grande and Bemis (1996) and Grande and Hilton (2006); and to Acipenseridae by Nelson et al. (2016).
It was reranked as the subfamily Scaphirhynchinae by Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Acipenserinae by Grande and Bemis (1996) and Grande and Hilton (2006); and to Acipenseridae by Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Scaphirhynchini Bonaparte |
| 1996 | Scaphirhynchini Grande and Bemis p. 111 fig. 11 |
| 2006 | Scaphirhynchini Grande and Hilton p. 35 |
| 2016 | Scaphirhynchinae Nelson et al. p. 120 |
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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.
Subfm. Scaphirhynchinae Bonaparte 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Montana) | Protoscaphirhynchus squamosus (67129) |