Branchiostomatidae is a family of
lancelets
The lancelets ( or ), also known as amphioxi (singular: amphioxus ), consist of some 30 to 35 species of "fish-like" benthic filter feeding chordates in the order Amphioxiformes. They are the modern representatives of the subphylum Cephalochorda ...
belonging to the class
Leptocardii
The lancelets ( or ), also known as amphioxi (singular: amphioxus ), consist of some 30 to 35 species of "fish-like" benthic filter feeding chordates in the order Amphioxiformes. They are the modern representatives of the subphylum Cephalochorda ...
, order unknown.
Genera:
* ''
Asymmetron
''Asymmetron'' is a genus of lancelets belonging to the family Branchiostomatidae
Branchiostomatidae is a family of lancelets belonging to the class Leptocardii, order unknown.
Genera:
* '' Asymmetron'' Andrews, 1893
* ''Branchiostoma
''B ...
''
Andrews, 1893
* ''
Branchiostoma''
Costa, 1834
* ''
Epigonichthys
''Epigonichthys'' is a genus of lancelets belonging to the family Branchiostomatidae
Branchiostomatidae is a family of lancelets belonging to the class Leptocardii, order unknown.
Genera:
* '' Asymmetron'' Andrews, 1893
* ''Branchiostoma
' ...
''
Peters, 1876
* ''
Epigonopterus''
Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
* †''
Palaeobranchiostoma
''Palaeobranchiostoma hamatotergum'' is an extinct cephalochordate from the Early Permian-aged Whitehill Formation in South Africa.Oelofsen, B. W., and J. C. Loock. "A FOSSIL CEPHALOCHORDATE FROM THE EARLY PERMIAN WHITEHILL FORMATION OF SOUTH-AF ...
''
Oelofsen & Loock, 1981
References
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Cephalochordata