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Centracanthidae

Actinopteri - Spariformes - Centracanthidae

Taxonomy
Centracanthidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Spariformes by Betancur et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Centracanthidae Betancur et al.

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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
orderSpariformes
familyCentracanthidae
familyCentracanthidae

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.

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G. Centracanthus Rafinesque 1810
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†Centracanthus pobedinae Bratishko et al. 2015
G. Spicara Rafinesque 1810
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†Spicara arambourgi Nolf 1971
†Spicara gossei Steurbaut 1984
Spicara smaris Linnaeus 1758
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 Lutetian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9France Spicara armabourgi (220174)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Centracanthus cahuzaci (188960)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Spicara sp. (184477)
Chattian - Early/Lower Miocene28.1 - 15.97Greece (Greneva) Spicara gossei (222448)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kazakhstan Centracanthus pobedinae (174760)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Spicara dionysii (186582 186585)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) Spicara maena (207769)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece (Rhodes) Spicara smaris (207579 207580 207581)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Spicara smaris (207571)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy Spicara smaris (159378)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Spicara smaris (159140 159288)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Spicara smaris (207568)