Acipenseridae

Acipenser

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acipenseriformes
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Subclassis: Chondrostei Ordo: Acipenseriformes

Familia: Acipenseridae
Subfamiliae: Acipenserinae - Scaphirhynchinae - †Priscosturioninae
[list of subfamiliae after Grande & Hilton (2009: 318)]

Overview of genera

Acipenser – Huso – Pseudoscaphirhynchus – Scaphirhynchus – †Priscosturion – †Protoscaphirhynchus
[list of genera after Grande & Hilton (2009: 318)]

References

• Grande, L.; Hilton, E.J. 2006: An exquisitely preserved skeleton representing a primitive sturgeon from the Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana (Acipenseriformes: Acipenseridae: n. gen. and sp.) Memoir of the journal of paleontology, 65: 1–39.
• Grande, L.; Hilton, E.J. 2009: A replacement name for †Psammorhynchus Grande & Hilton, 2006 (Actinopterygii, Acipenseriformes, Acipenseridae). Journal of paleontology, 83: 317–318. doi: 10.1666/08-137.1

Vernacular names

česky: Jeseterovití
Deutsch: Echte Störe
español: Esturiones
italiano: Storioni
Nederlands: Steuren
日本語: チョウザメ科
Türkçe: Mersin balığıgiller

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