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Palimphemus

Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Gadidae

Taxonomy

Palimphemus was named by Kner (1862).

It was assigned to Gadidae by Carnevale et al. (2012), Schwarzhans (2014), Bratishko et al. (2015), Schwarzhans et al. (2017).

Species

P. anceps (syn. Gadus elegans sculptus), P. minusculoides (syn. Otolithus (Gadidarum) minusculus, Otolithus (Gadidarum) angustus, Micromesistius arcuatus), P. seymourensis

Synonyms

Colliolus was named by Gaemers and Schwarzhans (1973).

It was synonymized subjectively with Palimphemus by Schwarzhans (2014).

It was assigned to Gadidae by Schwarzhans (1978).
Gadichthys was named by Gaemers and Schwarzhans (1973).

It was synonymized subjectively with Palimphemus by Schwarzhans (2014).
Pseudocolliolus was named by Gaemers (1978).

It was synonymized subjectively with Palimphemus by Schwarzhans (2014).
Doyenneichthys was named by Gaemers (1983).

It was synonymized subjectively with Palimphemus by Schwarzhans (2014).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1862	Palimphemus Kner
1973	Colliolus Gaemers and Schwarzhans
1973	Gadichthys Gaemers and Schwarzhans
1978	Pseudocolliolus Gaemers
1978	Colliolus Schwarzhans p. 18
1983	Doyenneichthys Gaemers
2012	Palimphemus Carnevale et al. p. 628
2014	Palimphemus Schwarzhans p. 10
2015	Palimphemus Bratishko et al.
2017	Palimphemus Schwarzhans et al. p. 156

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
superclass	Actinopterygii	()
class	Actinopteri	()
subclass	Neopterygii	(Regan 1923)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Teleosteomorpha
—	Teleostei	(Müller 1846)
—	Acanthomorpha	(Rosen 1973)
—	Paracanthomorphacea
—	Zeiogadaria
—	Gadariae
order	Gadiformes	Goodrich 1909
suborder	Gadoidei
family	Gadidae	Rafinesque 1810
genus	Palimphemus	Kner 1862

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. †Palimphemus Kner 1862

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†Palimphemus anceps Kner 1862

†Palimphemus minusculoides Schubert 1912

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Invalid names: Micromesistius arcuatus Radwanska 1992 [synonym], Otolithus (Gadidarum) angustus Suzin 1968 [synonym], Otolithus (Gadidarum) minusculus Schubert 1906 [synonym]

†Palimphemus seymourensis Schwarzhans et al. 2017

Invalid names: Colliolus Gaemers and Schwarzhans 1973 [synonym], Doyenneichthys Gaemers 1983 [synonym], Gadichthys Gaemers and Schwarzhans 1973 [synonym], Gadus elegans sculptus Koken 1891 [synonym], Pseudocolliolus Gaemers 1978 [synonym]

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 21:19:31

Modified:

2009-07-20 23:19:31

Source: o = order, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Zanclean or 56.00000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (14 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Antarctica (Seymour Island)	P. seymourensis (176084)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Siberia)	P. eocenicus (219356)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Germany	Colliolus parvus (95898)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)	Trisopterus sculptus, Colliolus sp., Gadichthys altus (32012)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Austria	P. anceps (186861)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Germany (Lower Saxony)	Colliolus friedbergi, Gadichthys venustus (161965)
Badenian	13.82 - 12.8	Czechia (Mikulov)	Trisopterus sculptus (161993 161994 161995)
Badenian	13.82 - 12.8	Belgium	Colliolus sculptus (208831)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.63	Kazakhstan	P. minusculoides (174760 174955)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Italy (Sicily)	Colliolus sp. (223703)
Zanclean - Piacenzian	5.333 - 2.58	Netherlands (Noord-Brabant)	Trisopterus sculptus (59003)