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Cyprinodontiformes
Taxonomy
Cyprinodontiformes was named by Bertin (1958). It is extant.
It was assigned to Osteichthyes by Bertin (1958); to Acanthopterygii by Nelson (2006); to Cyprinodontea by Long (2011); to Teleostei by Fierstine et al. (2012); to Atherinomorphae by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Ovalentaria by Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Osteichthyes by Bertin (1958); to Acanthopterygii by Nelson (2006); to Cyprinodontea by Long (2011); to Teleostei by Fierstine et al. (2012); to Atherinomorphae by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Ovalentaria by Nelson et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1958 | Cyprinodontiformes Bertin |
| 2006 | Cyprinodontiformes Nelson |
| 2011 | Cyprinodontiformes Long p. 244 |
| 2012 | Cyprinodontiformes Fierstine et al. p. 88 |
| 2013 | Cyprinodontiformes Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Cyprinodontiformes Nelson et al. p. 369 |
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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.
Or. Cyprinodontiformes Bertin 1958
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Subor. Aplocheiloidei
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Fm. †Kenyaichthyidae Altner and Reichenbacher 2015
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G. †Kenyaichthys Altner and Reichenbacher 2015
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†Kenyaichthys kipkechi Altner and Reichenbacher 2015
Invalid names: Aplocheilidae [empty]
Subor. Cyprinodontoidei
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Fm. Cyprinodontidae
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G. Aphanius Nardo 1827 [nono]
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†Aphanius crassicaudus Agassiz 1839
†Aphanius yerevanicus Vasilyan et al. 2009
G. Cyprinodon Lacépède 1803
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†Cyprinodon breviradius Miller 1945
†Cyprinodon primulus Cockerell 1936
G. †Cyprinodontidarum Unknown
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†Cyprinodontidarum angulosus Steurbaut 1979
†Cyprinodontidarum feistae Steurbaut 1980
†Cyprinodontidarum labretensis Steurbaut 1979
†Cyprinodontidarum obesus Steurbaut 1979
G. †Lebias Agassiz 1832
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†Lebias cephalotes Agassiz 1839
†Lebias crassicaudus Agassiz 1839
†Lebias gaudryi Sauvage 1873
†Lebias gobio Agassiz 1839
†Lebias meyeri Agassiz 1839
†Lebias perpusillus Agassiz 1832
G. †Parafundulus Eastman
G. †Trichophanes Cope 1872
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†Trichophanes copei Osborn et al. 1878
†Trichophanes foliarum Cope 1878
†Trichophanes hians Cope 1872
Fm. Fundulidae
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G. Fundulus Lacépède 1803
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†Fundulus curryi Miller 1945
†Fundulus davidae Miller 1945
†Fundulus detillae Hibbard and Dunkle 1942
†Fundulus eulepis Miller 1945
Fm. †Goodeidae Jordan and Gilbert 1883
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Subfm. †Goodeinae Jordan and Gilbert 1883
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G. †Paleocharacodon Caballero-Viñas et al. 2023
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†Paleocharacodon guzmanae Caballero-Viñas et al. 2023
G. †Tapatia Álvarez and Arriola-Longoria 1972
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†Tapatia occidentalis Álvarez and Arriola-Longoria 1972
Invalid names: Nothobranchiidae [empty], Profundulidae [empty], Rivulidae [empty], Valenciidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 70.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (55 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Bolivia (Cochabamba) | Cyprinodontiformes indet. (12855) | |
| Tertiary | USA (California) | Fundulus eulepis (204388) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | Argentina (Jujuy) | Cyprinodon primulus (151867) | |
| Lutetian | Pakistan (North-West Frontier) | Cyprinodontidae indet. (28978) | |
| Priabonian | USA (California) | Fundulus curryi, Cyprinodon breviradius (204522) | |
| Chattian | France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) | Prolebias sp., Paralebias cephalotes (113682) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Greece (Aegean) | Cyprinodontidae indet. (207609) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Cyprinodontiformes indet. (17892) | |
| MN 5 - MN 6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Cyprinodontiformes indet. (211309) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Kansas) | Fundulus sp. (18450) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | Cyprinodontiformes indet. (74098) | |
| Tortonian | Argentina (Catamarca) | Jenynsia herbsti (227293) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Armenia (Kotayk) | Aphanius yerevanicus (219043) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Italy (Cuneo) | Aphanius crassicaudus (175903) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Kansas) | Fundulus detillae (18342) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Ravenna) | Aphanius crassicaudus (144566) | |
| Messinian | Italy | Aphanius crassicaudatus (210229) Aphanius crassicaudus (186577 210230 210231 210232 210233 210234 210235 210237 210239 210241 210242 210243 210244 210245 210246 210247 210248 210250 210252 210253 220507) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Emilia-Romagna) | Aphanius crassicaudus (210236) | |
| Messinian | Spain | Aphanius crassicaudus (210672 210673 210674) | |
| Messinian | Greece (Crete) | Aphanius crassicaudus (207362 207363) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | Aphanius crassicaudus (113998) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Tuscany) | Aphanius crassicaudus (222139) | |
| Ruscinian | Spain (Granada) | Cyprinodontidae indet. (35252) | |
| Pliocene | Spain (Granada) | Cyprinodontidae indet. (35259) | |
| Pliocene | Mexico (Hidalgo) | Paleocharacodon guzmanae (231919) | |
| Gelasian | Greece (Rhodes) | Aphanius sp. (207579) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (California) | Fundulus davidae (204523) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | Parafundulus erdisi (186047) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Fundulus sp. (20440) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | Fundulus sp. (20604) | |
| Holocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Cyprinodontiformes indet. (63338) |