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Serrasalmidae

Actinopteri - Characiformes - Serrasalmidae

Taxonomy
Serrasalmidae was named by Günther (1864). It is extant.

It was assigned to Characiformes by Fink and Fink (1981); to Characoidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Erythrinoidea by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Serrasalmidae Günther
1981Serrasalmidae Fink and Fink
2013Serrasalmidae Betancur et al.
2016Serrasalmidae Nelson et al. p. 198

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otocephala
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
—Otophysi
superorderCharaciphysae
orderCharaciformesRegan 1911
suborderCharacoidei
familySerrasalmidaeGünther 1864
familySerrasalmidaeGünther 1864

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.

Fm. Serrasalmidae Günther 1864
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G. †Megapiranha Cione et al. 2009
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†Megapiranha paranensis Cione et al. 2009
G. Mylossoma Eigenmann and Kennedy 1903
G. Piaractus Eigenmann 1903
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:36:16
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:36:16
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 59.24000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Bolivia Serrasalmidae indet. (176065)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Colombia (La Guajira) S. sp. (166506)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Colombia (Guajira) Mylossoma sp., Piaractus brachypomus (190376)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Peru (Loreto) Serrasalmidae indet. (224009 224010 224012) Serrasalmidae indet., Mylossoma sp. (224007)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela Serrasalmidae indet. (200110 200111)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) Megapiranha paranensis (140471 140472)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela (Falcon) Serrasalmidae indet., Mylossoma sp. (122033)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Colombia (La Guajira) S. sp. (166508)