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Monocentridae

Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Monocentridae

Taxonomy
Monocentridae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Berycoidei by Jordan (1963); and to Beryciformes by Betancur et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Monocentridae Jordan p. 672
2013Monocentridae Betancur et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Berycimorphaceae
orderBeryciformes
familyMonocentridae
familyMonocentridae

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.

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G. Cleidopus De Vis 1882
G. Monocentris Schneider 1801
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†Monocentris coxi Casier 1958
†Monocentris lemoinei Priem 1911
†Monocentris lerichei Schubert 1916
†Monocentris senni Casier 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:59:28
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:59:28
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Neogene or 48.07000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Australia (Victoria) Monocentris lemoinei (205844)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Lower Saxony,) Epigonidarum lerichei (188954)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Monocentris cristata (41992 41996 41998)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Barbados Monocentris coxi, Monocentris senni (221164)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Otolithus lemoinei (42636)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Cleidopus carvernosus (48647)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58Indonesia (Aceh) Monocentris lemoinei (223637)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58Indonesia Monocentris lemoinei (223638)