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Loricaroidei

Actinopteri - Siluriformes

Taxonomy
Loricaroidei is a suborder. It is extant.

It was corrected as Loricarioidei by Nelson et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Siluriformes by Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Loricaroidei Betancur et al.
2016Loricarioidei Nelson et al. p. 212

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

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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Fm. Callichthyidae Gill 1872
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G. Callichthys Linné 1758
G. Corydoras Lacépède 1803
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Corydoras revelatus Cockerell 1936
Invalid names: Callichthyinae [empty], Corydoradinae [empty]
Fm. Loricariidae Gill 1872
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G. Acanthicus Lundberg 1997
G. Hypostomus Lundberg 1997
G. †Taubateia Malabarba and Lundberg 2007
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Taubateia paraiba Malabarba and Lundberg 2007
Invalid names: Angistrinae [empty], Delturinae [empty], Hypoptopomatinae [empty], Hypotominae [empty], Lithogeneinae [empty], Loricariinae [empty], Neoplecostominae [empty]
Fm. Nematogenyidae Bleeker 1862
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G. Nematogenys Girard 1855
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Nematogenys cuivi Azpelicueta and Rubilar 1998
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Invalid names: Copionodontinae [empty], Glanapteryginae [empty], Sarcoglanidinae [empty], Stegophilinae [empty], Trichogeninae [empty], Trichomycterinae [empty], Tridentinae [empty], Vandelliinae [empty]
Invalid names: Astroblepidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:43:11
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:34:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Peru Loricariidae indet. (176141)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Peru Loricariidae indet. (199559)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Peru Loricariidae indet. (199562)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Brazil (Sao Paulo) Taubateia paraiba (137885)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Peru (Loreto) Loricariidae indet. (176130)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Colombia (La Guajira) Callichthyidae sp. (166506)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Colombia (Guajira) Callichthyidae indet. (190376)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Peru (Loreto) Callichthyidae indet. (224009) Callichthyidae indet., Loricariidae indet. (224007)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Chile (Malleco) Nematogenys cuivi (137122)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Peru Loricariidae indet. (176156)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Acanthicus sp. (186683) Hypostomus sp. (186662) Loricariidae indet. (186668)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Callichthyidae indet. (55602)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Argentina (Chubut) Loricariidae indet. (122079)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Peru Loricariidae indet. (176133 176162)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Chubut) Loricariidae indet. (205959)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Trichomycteridae indet. (152081 152085 152086 198863)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela (Falcon) Callichthyidae indet., Loricariidae indet. (122033)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina (Buenos Aires) Callichthys callichthys, Corydoras paleatus (63335)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Hypostomus auroguttatus (71332)