Taxon calibrated
Elopiformes
Minimum age
126 Ma
Maximum 95% CI age
157.9 Ma
Authority
Taverne (1999)
Locality
Bernissart, Belgium
Age Authority
Late Barremian-early Aptian based on Yans et al. (2012), date derived from Gradstein et al. (2012)
Outgroup sequence
Arratiaelops vectensis (Elopiformes, 126 Ma)
Baugeichthys caeruleus (Albuliformes + Anguilliformes, 129.4 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: Elopocephalai
Supercohort: Elopocephala
Cohort: Elopomorpha
Order: Elopiformes