Taxon calibrated
Total group Alepisaurus
Minimum age
15.97 Ma
Maximum 95% CI age
132.8 Ma
Authority
D'Erasmo (1924)
Locality
Rosignano, Italy
Age Authority
Burdigalian (Carnevale 2007), age estimate derived from Gradstein et al. (2012)
Outgroup sequence
Alepisaurus 'ferox' (Total group Alepisaurus, 15.97 Ma)
Apateodus glyphodus (Total group Aulopiformes, 103.13 Ma)
Leptolepides haerteisi (Total group Euteleostei, 150.94 Ma)
Anaethalion zapporum (Crown Teleostei, 151.2 Ma)
Occithrissops willsoni (stem Teleostei 5, 166.1 Ma)
Leptolepis coryphaenoides (stem Teleostei 4, 181.7 Ma)
Dorsetichthys bechei (stem Teleostei 3, 193.81 Ma)
Knerichthys bronni (stem Teleostei 2, 221 Ma)
Prohalecites porroi (stem Teleostei 1, 236 Ma)
Watsonulus (stem Halecomorphi 1, 251.2 Ma)
Taxa this fossil might apply to:
Class: Actinopteri
Subclass: Neopterygii
Infraclass: Teleostei
Megacohort: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohort: Clupeocephala
Cohort: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohort: Neoteleostei
Infracohort: Eurypterygia
Section: Aulopa
Order: Aulopiformes
Suborder: Alepisauroidei
Family: Alepisauridae