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Pomadasys

Actinopteri - Haemulidae

Taxonomy
Pomadasys was named by Lacépède (1802) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant. Its type is Sciaena argentea.

It was assigned to Pomadasyidae by Casier (1966), Schwarzhans (1978), Steurbaut (1979), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983) and Steurbaut (1984); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Haemulidae by Schwarzhans (2013), Schwarzhans et al. (2017), Schwarzhans (2019) and Agiadi et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Pomadasys Lacépède
1966Pomadasys Casier p. 444
1978Pomadasys Schwarzhans p. 34
1979Pomadasys Steurbaut p. 71
1983Pomadasys Nolf and Steurbaut p. 182
1984Pomadasys Steurbaut p. 88
2002Pomadasys Sepkoski
2013Pomadasys Schwarzhans p. 175
2017Pomadasys Schwarzhans et al. p. 452
2019Pomadasys Schwarzhans p. 79
2020Pomadasys Agiadi et al. p. 787

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
familyHaemulidaeGill 1885
genusPomadasysLacépède 1802

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Pomadasys Lacépède 1802
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Pomadasys argentea Forsskål 1775
Pomadasys incisus Bowdich 1825
†Pomadasys inflatus Bassoli 1906
†Pomadasys ovalis Stinton 1957
Pomadasys panamensis Steindachner 1876
†Pomadasys steurbauti Nolf and Cappetta 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Zanclean or 47.80000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) P. latus (41992 41994 41996 41998)
Chattian - Early/Lower Miocene28.1 - 15.97Greece (Greneva) P. sp. (222448)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France P. incisus (219195)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) P. sp. (118106)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France P. incisus (219196 220042)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France P. incisus (219197)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) P. incisus (161993)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) P. sp. (145530 145531)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy P. incisus (70491 178120)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama P. sp. (24237 136016 145519 145521 145522 145523)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) P. proronchus (59256)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) P. incisus (207769)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Provinz Siena) P. sp. (138094)