Semionotidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii

Infraclassis: Holostei
Division: Ginglymodi
Ordo: †Semionotiformes
Familia: †Semionotidae

Genus: †Semionotus

formerly these genera were also placed in Semionotidae. Placement is in process for wikispecies:

Genera: †Acentrophorus – †Adrianaichthys – †Aetheolepis – †Allolepidotus – †Aphnelepis – †Archaeolepidotus – †Archaeosemionotus – †Asialepidotus – †Dandya – †Hemicalypterus – †Pliodetes – †Pristisomus – †Sargodon – †Tetragonolepis – †Tianfuichthys
Name

Semionotidae Woodward, 1890

Type genus: †Semionotus Agassiz, 1832

References

López-Arbarello, A. 2012. Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Ginglymodian Fishes (Actinopterygii: Neopterygii). PLoS ONE, 7(7): e39370. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039370 Reference page.
Olsen, P.E. & McCune, A.R. 1991. Morphology of the Semionotus elegans species group from the early Jurassic part of the Newark Supergroup of eastern North America with comments on the family Semionotidae (Neopterygii). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11: 269–292. Reference page.
Wenz, S. 1999. Pliodetes nigeriensis, gen. nov. et sp. nov., a new semiontid fish from the Lower Cretaceous of Gadoufaoua (Niger Republic): phylogenetic comments. Pp. 107-120 in Arratia, G. & Schultze, H.-P. (eds.): Mesozoic fishes – 2, Systematics and the fossil record. Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München. Reference page.
Woodward, A.S. 1890. The fossils fishes of the Hawkesbury Series at Gosford. Memoires of the Geological Survey of New South Wales (Palaeontological Series) 4: 1–56. Reference page.

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