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Notacanthiformes

Actinopteri - Notacanthiformes

Taxonomy
Notacanthiformes is an order. It is extant.

It was assigned to Elopomorpha by Nelson (2006); and to Elopomorpha by Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Notacanthiformes Nelson
2013Notacanthiformes Betancur et al.
2016Notacanthiformes Nelson et al. p. 137

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopocephalai
—Elopocephala
—Elopomorpha()
orderNotacanthiformes
orderNotacanthiformes

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. Aldrovandia Goode and Bean 1896
G. †Enchelurus von der Marck 1863
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†Enchelurus anglicus Woodward 1901
†Enchelurus syriacus Woodward 1901
†Enchelurus villosus von der Marck 1863
Subfm. †Halosaurinae
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G. Halosaurus Johnson 1864
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†Halosaurus orthensis Nolf and Brzobohaty 2002
Halosaurus oweni Johnson 1864
G. †Laytonia David 1943
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†Laytonia californica David 1943
†Laytonia zemorrensis David 1948
Invalid names: Laytoniinae David 1943 [empty]
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G. Notacanthus Bloch 1788
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†Notacanthus circulus Ohe and Araki 1973
†Notacanthus nolfi Schwarzhans 2007
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 99.60000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Enchelurus anglicus (238510)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Enchelurus anglicus (222454 227635 227989)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Enchelurus villosus (221717)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Lower Saxony,) Notacanthus nolfi (188954)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9USA (California) Laytonia zemorrensis (191008)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Halosaurus orthensis (219194)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan (Mie) Notacanthus circulus (222497)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Aichi) Notacanthus abbotti, Aldrovandia sp. (161449)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) Laytonia californica (185673)