Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Invalid subtaxa: Albacora Jordan 1888, Orcynus Agassiz 1835 [replaced name], Thynnus Cuvier 1816 [objective synonym], Thynnus (Orcynus) Agassiz 1835 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Thunninae according to K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov 2011
See also Arambourg 1925, Bannikov 1979, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Collette and Gibbs 1964, Collette et al. 2001, Danil'chenko 1960, Danil'chenko 1980, David 1943, Fierstine et al. 2012, Hastings and Dooley 2017, Klawe 1977, Leriche 1926, Monsch 2004, Pauca 1931, Purdy et al. 2001, Sauvage 1873, Sepkoski 2002, Serdy 2004, Starks 1910 and Woodward 1901
Sister taxa: Allothunnus, Auxis, Eothynnus, Euthynnus, Katsuwonus, Woodwardella
Subtaxa: Orcynus proximus Thunnus (Alciola) Thunnus abchazicus Thunnus alalunga Thunnus albacares Thunnus atlanticus Thunnus krambergeri Thunnus lanceolatus Thunnus latior Thunnus maccoyii Thunnus obesus Thunnus orientalis Thunnus secretus Thunnus thynnus Thunnus tonggol Thynnus angustus Thynnus bolcensis Thynnus scaldisi Thynnus scaldisii
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Pliocene of the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: California, North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1)
• Miocene of Chile (1), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Peru (2), United States (4: California, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (1), the Czech Republic (1), Georgia (1), Ukraine (1)
• Eocene of Georgia (1), Italy (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 24 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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