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Otolithus

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Muraenidae

Taxonomy
Otolithus was named by Koken (1884). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was replaced with Otolithopsis by Huddleston (1983).

It was assigned to Muraenidae by Leriche (1942).

Species
O. (Labrax), O. (Platessa), O. (Platessae)
Species lacking formal opinion data
O. acutangula, O. plebeius, O. subnobilis, O. testis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Otolithus Koken
1942Otolithus Leriche p. 50

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopocephalai
—Elopocephala
—Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyMuraenidae
genusOtolithusKoken 1884

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. †Otolithus Koken 1884
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Subg. Otolithus (Labrax) Pallas 1810
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†Labrax lepidotus Agassiz 1836
†Labrax major Agassiz 1834
†Labrax schizurus Agassiz 1835
†Labrax vogdtii Bogatshov 1942
Subg. †Otolithus (Platessa) Bassoli 1906
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†Platessa sector Koken 1888
Subg. †Otolithus (Platessae) Koken 1888
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2009-07-20 20:50:21
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:50:21
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58USA (Mississippi) O. americanus, O. hospes, O. elegantus, O. insuetus, O. similis, O. laevigatus, O. cor, O. comes, O. glaber, O. brevior (163732)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Serbia (Serbia) Labrax elongatus (39718)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Platessa sp. (58419)