Taxon calibrated
Crown group Acanthuridae
Minimum age
49 Ma
Maximum 95% CI age
61.58 Ma
Authority
Near et al. (2012)
Locality
Bolca, Italy
Age Authority
See argumentation in Harrington et al. (2016), calibration 4; specimen derives from same geological unit
Outgroup sequence
Proacanthurus tenuis (Crown group Acanthuridae, 49 Ma)
Eozanclus brevirostris (Total group Zanclus, 49 Ma)
Luvarus necopinatus (Total group Luvarus, 54.17 Ma)
Balkaria histiopterygia (Total group Tetraodontoidei, 55.8 Ma)
Gasterorhamphosus zuppichinii (Total group Macrorhamphosa, 69.71 Ma)
Aipichthys velifer (Total group Lampridformes, 98 Ma)
Stichocentrus liratus (Total group Holocentroidei, 98 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: Ctenosquamata
Subsection: Acanthomorphata
Division: Euacanthomorphacea
Subdivision: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Acanthuridae