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Polypteriformes

Cladistia - Polypteriformes

Taxonomy
Polypteriformes was named as an unranked clade. It is extant.

It was reranked as the order Polypteriformes by Nelson (2006), Long (2011) and Betancur et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Chondrostei by Nelson (2006); to Actinopterygii by Meyer and Zardoya (2003) and Long (2011); to Cladistia by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Cladistia by Nelson et al. (2016).

Subtaxa
Pollia, Polypteridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Polypteriformes Meyer and Zardoya
2006Polypteriformes Nelson
2011Polypteriformes Long p. 242
2013Polypteriformes Betancur et al.
2016Polypteriformes Nelson et al. p. 116

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classCladistia(Cope 1870)
orderPolypteriformes
orderPolypteriformes

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. †Pollia Meunier and Gayet 1996
Fm. Polypteridae [bichir]
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G. †Bawitius Grandstaff et al. 2012
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†Bawitius bartheli Schaal 1984
G. †Dajetella Gayet and Meuniere 1992
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†Dajetella sudamericana Gayet and Meuniere 1992
G. Polypterus Lacépède 1803 [bichir]
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Polypterus bichir St Hilaire 1802 [Nile bichir]
Polypterus faraou Otero et al. 2006
G. †Serenoichthys Dutheil 1999
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†Serenoichthys kemkemensis Dutheil 1999
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 99.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Algeria (Adrar) Bawitius sp. (59578)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Béchar) Bawitius sp. (224512)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (Al Jizah) Bawitius bartheli (123976)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Souss-Massa) Serenoichthys kemkemensis (133582)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Polypteridae indet. (25325)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Lepidotus souzai (214404 214430)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) Polypteridae indet. (38682)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Bolivia (Cochabamba) Dagetella sudamericana (12855)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Algeria (Bechar region) Polypteridae indet. (77014) Polypteriformes indet. (77010)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Libya (Sirt) Polypterus sp. (175361 175362)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.3 - 33.9Libya Polypterus sp. (48077)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kenya Polypterus sp. (174672)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya (Nyanza) Polypterus sp. (92703)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Polypterus sp. (38060 57007)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Tunisia (Gafsa) Polypterus sp. (35279 35281)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Polypterus sp. (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Kenya Polypterus sp. (22236)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad Polypterus faraou (208695) Polypterus sp. (59839)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Polypterus sp. (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Kenya (Turkana District) Polypterus sp. (21332)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Polypterus sp. (22240 22338)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Polypterus sp. (22235 22239)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya Polypterus sp. (21531)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt Polypterus sp. (22592)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Polypterus sp. (21546)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya Polypterus sp. (21538)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Polypterus sp. (21398 21420 21446 21451 21497)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Polypterus sp. (21545)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Polypterus sp. (21370 21421 21442 21453 21456 21466 21499 21500 21513 21522 32051 32053)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Polypterus sp. (22098)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Polypterus indet. (32060) Polypterus sp. (21368 21414 21524 21526 21534 32085)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Polypterus senegalus (22066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger Polypterus sp. (83304 83305)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Polypterus aethiopicus (208786) Polypterus sp. (21871)