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Zeidae

Actinopteri - Zeiformes - Zeidae

Taxonomy
Zeidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Zeoidei by Jordan (1963); and to Zeiformes by Danil'chenko (1960), Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016).

Subtaxa
Zenopsis, Zeus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Zeidae Danil'chenko p. 91
1963Zeidae Jordan p. 671
2013Zeidae Betancur et al.
2016Zeidae Nelson et al. p. 292

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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
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Paracanthomorphacea
—Zeiogadaria
—Zeariae
orderZeiformesRegan 1909
familyZeidae
familyZeidae

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.

Fm. Zeidae
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G. Zenopsis Gill 1862
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†Zenopsis clarus Danil'chenko 1960
†Zenopsis hornesi Gorjanovic-Kramberger 1891
Zenopsis nebulosus Schlegel 1847
†Zenopsis tyleri Baciu and Bannikov 2001
G. Zeus Linnaeus 1758
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Zeus faber Linnaeus 1758
†Zeus jerzmanskae Baciu et al. 2005
†Zeus licatae Sauvage 1870
†Zeus primaevus Scarabelli 1859
†Zeus priscus Agassiz 1834
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 21:50:00
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:00
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Gelasian or 33.90000 to 1.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation (Adygeia) Zenopsis clarus (105572)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Poland Zeus jerzmanskae (186633)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Czech Republic Zenopsis clarus (125331)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Poland Zeus jerzmanskae (210157)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Zeus faber (210248) Zeus licatae (185692) Zeus primaevus (186577 210251)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Zeus faber (186585)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Zeus faber (59256)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Italy Zeus faber (57058)