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Monacanthidae

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Monacanthidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Monacanthidae Jordan p. 739
1966Monacanthidae Casier p. 462
1996Monacanthidae Tyler and Sorbini p. 36
2001Monacanthidae Purdy et al. p. 185
2002Monacanthidae Tyler and Santini p. 82
2003Monacanthidae Santini and Tyler p. 603
2004Monacanthidae Sorbini and Tyler
2013Monacanthidae Betancur et al.
2016Monacanthidae Nelson et al. p. 523

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Percomorpharia
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderBalistoidei
familyMonacanthidae
familyMonacanthidae

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. Aluterus Cloquet 1816 [Leatherjacket]
G. Amanses Gray 1835
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Amanses sulcifer Casier 1966
G. †Frigocanthus Sorbini and Tyler 2004
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Frigocanthus margaritatus Sorbini and Tyler 2004
Frigocanthus stroppanobili Sorbini and Tyler 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:45:45
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:45:45
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Monacanthidae indet. (55239)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Aluterus sp. (48887)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Aluterus sp. (57700)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Monacanthidae indet. (50343)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Aluterus sp. (212232)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Aluterus sp. (52582)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Greece (Crete) Frigocanthus stroppanobili (207302)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Peru Aluterus sp. (219106)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy Monacanthidae indet. (210258)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece (Crete) Monacanthidae indet. (207303)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Italy Monacanthidae indet. (57058)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Peru (Ica) Aluterus sp. (219059 219104)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Aluterus sp. (188304)