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Pomolobus

Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Clupeidae

Taxonomy
Pomolobus was named by Rafinesque (1820) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Clupeidae by Danil'chenko (1960), Danil'chenko (1967), Jerzmanska (1968), Constantin (1999); and to Clupeiformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. curtus, P. facilis
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. crassa, P. crassus, P. crasus
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Pomolobus Rafinesque
1960Pomolobus Danil'chenko p. 8
1967Pomolobus Danil'chenko p. 8
1968Pomolobus Jerzmanska p. 393
1999Pomolobus Constantin
2002Pomolobus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
superorderClupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
suborderClupeoidei(Bleeker 1859)
familyClupeidaeCuvier 1817
genusPomolobusRafinesque 1820

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. Pomolobus Rafinesque 1820
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†Pomolobus curtus Danil'chenko 1960
†Pomolobus facilis Danil'chenko 1960
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 21:03:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:03:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 33.90000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation (Adygeia) P. curtus, P. facilis (105572)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Romania P. facilis (113962 187379)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy P. crassus (186577)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Sicily) P. crasus (186578)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy P. crassus (210256)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Italy P. crassa (145678)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Italy P. crassa (57058)