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Grammonus

Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae

Taxonomy
Grammonus was named by Gill (1896). It is extant. Its type is Oligopus ater.

It was assigned to Bythidae by Girone et al. (2006); and to Bythitidae by Agiadi et al. (2020).

Species
G. ater
Species lacking formal opinion data
G. argutus, G. bassoli, G. bassolii, G. pseudoacuminatus, G. pseudocuminatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Grammonus Gill
2006Grammonus Girone et al. p. 656
2020Grammonus Agiadi et al. p. 782

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Ophidiaria
orderOphidiiformesBerg 1937
suborderBythitoidei
familyBythitidaeGill 1861
genusGrammonusGill 1896

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. Grammonus Gill 1896
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Grammonus ater Risso 1810
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: parasiteo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:30:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:30:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France G. argutus, G. pseudocuminatus (188957 188958 188960) G. pseudoacuminatus (188961) G. pseudocuminatus (188959)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece (Crete) G. bassolii (207584 207587 207590)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy G. bassolii (70491 78437 178120 187507)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) G. sp. (172914 220503)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy G. sp. (220504 220507)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) G. bassoli (207769)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece (Crete) G. ater (207357 207359)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greece (Rhodes) G. ater (207580)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) G. ater (207569 207571)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy G. ater (159378)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) G. ater (207568)