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Micropterus (black bass)

Osteichthyes - Centrarchiformes - Centrarchidae

Taxonomy
Micropterus was named by Lacépède (1802). It is extant.

It was assigned to Centrarchidae by Lacépède (1802), Wilson (1967).

Species
M. salmoides
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. punctulatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Micropterus Lacépède
1967Micropterus Wilson p. 203

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderCentrarchiformes
suborderCentrarchoidei
familyCentrarchidaeCope 1868
genusMicropterusLacépède 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. Micropterus Lacépède 1802 [black bass]
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Micropterus salmoides Lacépède 1802
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.45 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45USA (Texas) Micropterus sp. (18663)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Micropterus sp. (18284)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Micropterus punctulatus (18450)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Micropterus sp. (227368)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Micropterus sp. (20165)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Micropterus salmoides (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Micropterus salmoides (200588)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Micropterus sp. (227371)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Georgia) Micropterus salmoides (152113)