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Chirocentridae
Taxonomy
Chirocentridae was named by Cuvier and Valenciennes (1846). It is extant.
It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Woodward (1901); to Isospondyli by Hay (1902); to Clupeoidei by Grande (1982); to Chirocentroidea by Case and Schwimmer (1988); to Clupeoidei by Jordan (1963), Betancur et al. (2013); and to Clupeoidei by Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Woodward (1901); to Isospondyli by Hay (1902); to Clupeoidei by Grande (1982); to Chirocentroidea by Case and Schwimmer (1988); to Clupeoidei by Jordan (1963), Betancur et al. (2013); and to Clupeoidei by Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Chirocentridae Cuvier and Valenciennes |
| 1901 | Chirocentridae Woodward p. 86 |
| 1902 | Chirocentridae Hay p. 383 |
| 1963 | Chirocentridae Jordan p. 619 |
| 1982 | Chirocentridae Grande p. 22 |
| 1988 | Chirocentridae Case and Schwimmer p. 300 |
| 2013 | Chirocentridae Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Chirocentridae Nelson et al. p. 169 |
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Fm. Chirocentridae Cuvier and Valenciennes 1846
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G. †Platinx Agassiz 1835
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†Platinx elongatus Agassiz 1835
†Platinx gigas Volta 1796
†Platinx macropterus Blainville 1818
G. †Spathodactylus Pictet 1853
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 Cenomanian to the top of the Ypresian or 100.50000 to 48.07000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Croatia | Spathodactylus sp. (123550) | |
| Ypresian | Turkmenistan | Platinx cognitus (186444) | |
| Ypresian | Italy | Platinx macropterus (94830) |