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Siluroidea (disused)

Actinopteri

Taxonomy
Siluroidea is a suborder. It is extant.

It was assigned to Ostariophysi by Estes and Tihen (1964); and to Ostariophysi by Casier (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Siluroidea Estes and Tihen p. 455
1966Siluroidea Casier p. 167

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otocephala
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
suborderSiluroidea
suborderSiluroidea

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.

Subor. Siluroidea
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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: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Rupelian or 56.00000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium Siluroidea indet. (219001)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Siluroidea indet. (49871)