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Acipenserinae (disused)

Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae

Taxonomy
Acipenserinae was named by Bonaparte (1838). It is extant. Its type is Acipenser.

It was assigned to Acipenseridae by Grande and Bemis (1996), Grande and Hilton (2006) and Nelson et al. (2016).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Acipenserinae Bonaparte
1996Acipenserinae Grande and Bemis p. 111 fig. 11
2006Acipenserinae Grande and Hilton p. 35
2016Acipenserinae Nelson et al. p. 119

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderAcipenseriformesBerg 1940
familyAcipenseridaeBonaparte 1831
subfamilyAcipenserinaeBonaparte 1838
subfamilyAcipenserinaeBonaparte 1838

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. Acipenserinae Bonaparte 1838
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Invalid names: Acipenserini [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:46:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:46:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6United Kingdom (England) Acipenserinae indet. (38950)