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Albula

Osteichthyes - Albuliformes - Albulidae

Taxonomy
Albula was named by Gronow (1763) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant R Sepkoski's reference number: 915 also used by Scopoli 1777]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Albulidae.

It was assigned to Anguilliformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Albulidae by Woodward (1901), Casier (1946), Casier (1966), Estes (1969), Applegate (1970), Forey (1973), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Nolf and Dockery (1990), Weems (1998), Stringer (1998), Weems (1999), Maisch et al. (2016), Schwarzhans (2019); and to Albulinae by Ebersole et al. (2019), Cicimurri et al. (2022).

Species
A. bashiana, A. dorsalis, A. dunklei, A. eppsi, A. lapidosa, A. oweni
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. marginalis, A. vulpes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1763Albula Gronow
1901Albula Woodward p. 60
1946Albula Casier p. 122
1966Albula Casier p. 133
1969Albula Estes pp. 8-9
1970Albula Applegate p. 412
1973Albula Forey p. 153
1981Albula Thurmond and Jones p. 93
1988Albula Case and Schwimmer p. 299
1990Albula Nolf and Dockery III p. 3
1998Albula Stringer p. 150
1998Albula Weems p. 149
1999Albula Weems p. 57
2002Albula Sepkoski
2016Albula Maisch et al. p. 7
2019Albula Ebersole et al. p. 161
2019Albula Schwarzhans p. 24
2022Albula Cicimurri et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopomorpha()
orderAlbuliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyAlbulidaeBleeker 1859
subfamilyAlbulinaeBleeker 1859
genusAlbulaGronow 1763

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. Albula Gronow 1763
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†Albula bashiana Frizzell 1965
†Albula dorsalis Priem 1914
†Albula dunklei Applegate 1970
†Albula eppsi White and Frost 1931
†Albula lapidosa Nessov 1985
†Albula oweni Agassiz 1844
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Holocene or 93.90000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Uzbekistan (Navoi) A. lapidosa (58168 58179)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Alabama) A. dunklei (81928)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (Alabama) A. dunklei (82047 82054)
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (Georgia) A. sp. (35289)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Georgia) A. sp. (70720)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) A. sp. (57918)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Carolina) A. sp. (79363)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) A. sp. (128412)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) A. sp. (240801)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (Alabama) A. bashiana (87817)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) A. oweni (152240)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Virginia) A. eppsi, A. oweni (15595)
Waipawan - Mangaorapan56.0 - 48.9New Zealand (South Island) A. sp. (219497)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) A. eppsi, A. oweni (164192)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium A. oweni (219001 219004 219005 219006)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) A. oweni (8050 13299)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom A. oweni (215472)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) A. eppsi, A. oweni (209524) A. sp., A. eppsi, A. oweni (81179)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) A. sp. (209370 209371 237116)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) A. eppsi (209521 209522) A. oweni (81238) A. sp. (13346 209368)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) A. oweni (41992 41998)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) A. sp. (3534)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) A. sp. (61249)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) A. eppsi, A. oweni (81266)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) A. sp. (75638)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (South Carolina) A. sp. (60444 224900)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France A. dorsalis (219194)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France A. dorsalis (219196)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Virginia) A. sp. (79793)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France A. dorsalis (219197)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Virginia) A. sp. (126605 187324)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Virginia) A. sp. (152251)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Jamaica A. sp. (186673)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Taiwan A. sp. (275913)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands A. vulpes (209855)