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Acanthomorphata
Source Data |
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Rank | unranked clade (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Acanthomorphata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3,053 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1,227 (40%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 130 - 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Acanthomorphata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | omnivore (based on Acanthomorphata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. Betancur-R., R. E. Broughton, and E. O. Wiley, K. Carpenter, J. A. López, C. Li, N. I. Holcroft, D. Arcila, M. Sanciangco, J. C. Cureton, F. Zhang, T. Buser, M. A. Campbell, J. A. Ballesteros, A. Roa-Varon, S. Willis, W. C. Borden, T. Rowley, P. C. Reneau, G. Lu, T. Grande, G. Arratia, G. 2013. The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes. PLOS Currents Tree of Life |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Polymixiacea superorder | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Polymixiiformes order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Beardfish | 14 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
Aipichthyoidea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Ferrifronsidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Omosomopsis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Oncolepis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
Pharmacichthys ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Pietschellus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
Pseudotetrapturus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Spinocaudichthys ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Xiphopterus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
Euacanthomorphacea unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 3,323 | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Lampridacea unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 13 | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Paracanthomorphacea unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 399 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Percomorpha unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1973 | Acanthomorpha Rosen |
1988 | Acanthomorpha Grande |
1990 | Acanthomorpha Nolf and Dockery III p. 8 |
1996 | Acanthomorpha Murray p. 642 |
1998 | Acanthomorpha Arratia and Chorn |
2002 | Acanthomorpha Sepkoski, Jr. |
2003 | Acanthomorpha Forey et al. p. 229 |
2006 | Acanthomorpha Gottfried et al. |
2013 | Acanthomorphata Betancur-R. et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!