Birgeriidae

Birgeriidae is an extinct family of Triassic ray-finned fish. The family first appears in the Early Triassic (Induan) of Greenland and went extinct in the Late Triassic. It was most speciose during the Early and Middle Triassic.[2]

Birgeriidae
Temporal range: Triassic (Griesbachian - Rhaetian) 251.902–201.6 Ma
Birgeria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Subclass:
Chondrostei
Order:
†Birgeriformes
Family:
†Birgeriidae[1]

Aldinger, 1937

The family was erected by Hermann Aldinger in 1937. Eigil Nielsen gave the first diagnosis of Birgeriidae in his 1949 monograph.

Birgeriidae includes only the genus Birgeria (monotypy). The genera Psilichthys, Ohmdenia and Brazilichthys have been previously referred to Birgeriidae, but they were shown to be only distantly related to Birgeria.[3][4][5]

Birgeriidae is the only family of Birgeriformes Heyler, 1969 (monotypy).[6]

References
  1. "Birgeriidae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  2. Romano et al. (2017): Marine Early Triassic Actinopterygii from Elko County (Nevada, USA): implications for the Smithian equatorial vertebrate eclipse. Journal of Paleontology 91:1025-1046 https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2017.36
  3. Romano, C. & Brinkmann, W. (2009). "Reappraisal of the lower actinopterygian Birgeria stensioei ALDINGER, 1931 (Osteichthyes; Birgeriidae) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland) and Besano (Italy)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 252: 17–31. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0252-0017.
  4. Rodrigo T. Figueroa; Matt Friedman; Valéria Gallo (2019). Cranial anatomy of the predatory actinopterygian Brazilichthys macrognathus from the Permian (Cisuralian) Pedra de Fogo Formation, Parnaíba Basin, Brazil. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39: e1639722. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2019.1639722
  5. M. Friedmann. 2012. Parallel evolutionary trajectories underlie the origin of the giant suspension-feeding whales and bony fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279: 944-951
  6. Romano, C. & Brinkmann, W. (2009). "Reappraisal of the lower actinopterygian Birgeria stensioei ALDINGER, 1931 (Osteichthyes; Birgeriidae) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland) and Besano (Italy)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 252: 17–31. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0252-0017.


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