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Chelidonichthys

Osteichthyes - Scorpaeniformes - Triglidae

Taxonomy
Chelidonichthys was named by Kaup (1873). It is extant.

It was reranked as Trigla (Chelidonichthys) by Arambourg (1927).

It was assigned to Trigla by Arambourg (1927); and to Triglidae by Girone et al. (2006).

Species
C. lucerna, Trigla (Chelidonichthys) macroptera
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. gurnardus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Chelidonichthys Kaup
1927Trigla (Chelidonichthys) Arambourg p. 186
2006Chelidonichthys Girone et al. p. 657

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderScorpaeniformes
familyTriglidae
genusChelidonichthysKaup 1873

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. Chelidonichthys Kaup 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:41:14
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:41:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Calabrian or 27.30000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France C. sp. (219194)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France C. gurnardus (219196)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Trigla macroptera (59256)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy C. lucerna (159378)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy C. lucerna (159288)