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Ranzania

Tetraodontiformes - Molidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ranzania Nardo
1985Ranzania Weems p. 428
1994Ranzania Uyeno and Sakamoto p. 109
2007Ranzania Carnevale p. 39
2007Ranzania Carnevale and Santini p. 322
2015Ranzania Matsuura
2017Ranzania Hastings and Dooley p. 83
2018Ranzania Carnevale and Godfrey p. 201
2020Ranzania Carnevale et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderMoloidei
familyMolidae
genusRanzaniaNardo 1840

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. Ranzania Nardo 1840
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Ranzania grahami Weems 1985
Ranzania laevis Pennant 1776 [slender sunfish]
Ranzania ogaii Uyeno and Sakamoto 1994
Ranzania tenneyorum Weems 1985
Ranzania zappai Carnevale 2007
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:45:45
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:45:45
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Virginia) R. tenneyorum (89549)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Virginia) R. grahami (104749)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Maryland) R. sp. (48884)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Saitama) R. ogaii (220509)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Italy R. zappai (185486)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Virginia) R. grahami (126605 187324) R. sp. (57700)