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Characidae
Taxonomy
Characidae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Characiformes by Lundberg (1997); to Characoidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Characoidea by Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Characiformes by Lundberg (1997); to Characoidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Characoidea by Nelson et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Characidae Lundberg p. 76 fig. 5.4G,H |
| 2013 | Characidae Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Characidae Nelson et al. p. 203 |
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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. Characidae
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Invalid names: Agoniatinae [empty], Aphyocharacinae [empty], Aphyoditeinae [empty], Bryconinae [empty], Characinae [empty], Cheirodontinae [empty], Clupeacharacinae [empty], Gymnocharacinae [empty], Iguanodectinae [empty], Rhoadsiinae [empty], Stethaprioninae [empty], Stevardiinae [empty], Tetragonopterinae Lundberg 1997 [empty]
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 Maastrichtian to the top of the Piacenzian or 72.20000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (35 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Romania (Hunedoara) | Characidae indet. (67811) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Bolivia (Cochabamba) | Tetragonopterinae indet. (12855) | |
| Thanetian - Ypresian | Peru (Puno) | Tetragonopterinae indet. (28230 132938) | |
| Ypresian | Algeria | Characidae indet. (71984) | |
| Middle Eocene | Peru (Loreto) | Colossoma sp. (176140) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Uganda | Characidae indet. (22247 22344 22396 22398 22400 22405 22419 22433) | |
| Burdigalian | Colombia (La Guajira) | C. sp. (166506) | |
| Middle Miocene | Peru (Loreto) | Characidae indet. (224007) Colossoma macropomum (224009 224012 224013) | |
| Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Characidae indet., Colossoma macropomum, Tetragonopterinae indet. (186683) Colossoma macropomum (186447 186669) | |
| Tortonian | Brazil (Acre) | Colossoma sp. (55602) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Kenya | Characidae indet. (22241) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Colossoma macropomus (55600) | |
| Zanclean | Kenya | Characidae indet. (22240) | |
| Pliocene | Uganda | Characidae indet. (22250 22258) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Kenya | Characidae indet. (22235 22239) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Characidae indet. (22122 22346) | |
| Montehermosan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Characidae indet. (152081 198863) | |
| Piacenzian | Colombia (La Guajira) | C. sp. (166508) |