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Acropomatidae

Actinopteri - Acropomatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Acropomatidae Gill
1963Acropomatidae Jordan p. 689
1993Acropomatidae Nolf and Dockery p. 34
2003Acropomatidae Schwarzhans p. 83
2013Acropomatidae Betancur et al.
2014Acropomatidae Bannikov p. 27
2014Acropomatidae Carnevale et al. p. 42
2016Acropomatidae Nelson et al. p. 434

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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)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
familyAcropomatidaeGill 1891
familyAcropomatidaeGill 1891

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. Acropomatidae Gill 1891
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G. Acropoma Owen 1854
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Acropoma alta Owen 1854
†Acropoma antiqua Schwarzhans 1985
Acropoma aurora Schwarzhans 2019
†Acropoma lepidotum Agassiz 1836
†Acropoma nobilis Koken 1891
†Acropoma nolfi Steurbaut 1979
†Acropoma serrata Frost 1934
G. †Acropomatinarum Unknown
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†Acropomatinarum kaiatanus Schwarzhans 1980
G. †Kaperangus Schwarzhans and Prokofiev 2017
G. Neoscombrops Gilchrist 1922
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†Neoscombrops flexuosus Steurbaut 1979
†Neoscombrops vetustus Schwarzhans 1980
G. Parascombrops Alcock 1889
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†Parascombrops epigonoides Nolf and Brzobohaty 2002
†Parascombrops giganteus Schwarzhans 2019
†Parascombrops mutinensis Bassoli 1906
†Parascombrops yanceyi Lin and Nolf 2022
G. Verilus Poey 1860
Invalid names: Epigoninae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Gelasian or 61.60000 to 1.80600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.2 Ma

Collections (94 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark Acropoma sp. (159792 159793 159794)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Australia (South Australia) Acropoma antiqua (219145)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Acropoma lepidotum (94830)
Mangaorapan53.0 - 49.5New Zealand (South Island) Acropoma aurora, Verilus vetustus (219499)
Mangaorapan - Heretaungan53.0 - 46.2New Zealand (South Island) Acropoma aurora, Verilus vetustus (219501) Parascombrops giganteus, Verilus vetustus (219500)
Heretaungan49.5 - 46.2New Zealand (South Island) Acropoma aurora, Verilus vetustus (219498)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Parascombrops yanceyi (237115 237116)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Parascombrops brozobohatyi (188958)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Island) Neoscombrops vetustus (205332) Neoscombrops vetustus, Acropoma aurora (219322) Verilus vetustus (219503)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand Acropoma aurora (219511)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Parascombrops yanceyi (237134 237142)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand (South Island) Acropomatinarum kaiatanus (219333)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Parascombrops martini (95898)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03New Zealand (North Island) Serranidarum serratus (204336)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Neoscombrops sp. (152695) Parascombrops brzobohatyi, Parascombrops epigonoides (219194)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Parascombrops brzobohatyi (187352 187353)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Acropoma serrata (219331 219569 219570)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Acropoma serrata (219319 219334 219336 219577 219578 219579 219580 219581 219584) Parascombrops sp., Acropoma serrata (219582 219585)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Parascombrops epigonoides (219195)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (North Island) Acropoma serrata (219517 219519 219522)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand Acropoma serrata (152323)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (South Island) Acropoma serrata (219586 219588 219589 219590 219591)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Acropoma nolfi (219196) Parascombrops sp., Dentex nolfi, Neoscombrops flexuosus (220042)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) Acropoma serrata (219523 219525 219526)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (North Island) Acropoma serrata (219527)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Acropoma serrata (67900)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Acropoma serrata (219271 219318 219339 219341 219592 219593 219594 219595 219597 219598 219599 219601 219602 219604 219605 219606 219607 219609 219744)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Parascombrops mutinensis, Acropoma nolfi (219197)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Aichi) Acropoma sp. (161449)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Italy Acropoma sp. (185486)
Clifdenian15.9 - 13.65New Zealand (South Island) Acropoma serrata (219274 219275 219623)
Lillburnian - Waiauan15.1 - 11.04New Zealand (South Island) Acropoma serrata (219610)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Parascombrops multinensis (70491) Parascombrops mutinensis (78437 178120)
Kapitean6.5 - 5.333New Zealand (North Island) Acropoma sp. (219555)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sicily) Neoscombrops praeannectens (223702)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) Verilus mutinensis (207769)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Parascombrops spinosus (186673)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece (Crete) Verilus mutinensis (207357 207359)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy Parascombrops mutinensis (159096)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Verilus mutinensis (207569)
Gelasian - Ionian2.588 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) Verilus mutinensis (207577)