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Cyclothone

Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Gonostomatidae

Taxonomy
Cyclothone was named by Goode and Bean (1883) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Stomiiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gonostomatidae by David (1943), Fierstine et al. (2012), Nazarkin (2015), Prikryl and Carnevale (2017) and Argyriou (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Cyclothone Goode and Bean
1943Cyclothone David p. 123
2002Cyclothone Sepkoski
2012Cyclothone Fierstine et al. p. 45
2015Cyclothone Nazarkin p. 163
2017Cyclothone Prikryl and Carnevale
2022Cyclothone Argyriou p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—Stomiatii
orderStomiatiformes
familyGonostomatidae
genusCyclothoneGoode and Bean 1883

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. Cyclothone Goode and Bean 1883
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†Cyclothone gaudanti Prikryl and Carnevale 2017
†Cyclothone mukhachevae Nazarkin 2015
†Cyclothone solitudinis Jordan 1907
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 21:43:47
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:43:47
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Gelasian or 23.03000 to 1.80600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Rogenio solitudinis (186008)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Rogenio solitudinis (186007)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Aichi) C. sp. (161449)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Russian Federation C. mukhachevae (185386)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) C. sp. (45489)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece (Crete) Cyclothone indet., C. gaudanti (207356) C. sp., C. sp. (207355)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) C. solitudinis (167462 186660) C. sp. (85204)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy C. braueri, C. pyrmaea, C. sp. (210257)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Italy C. sp. (145678)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy C. braueri, C. pygmaea, C. sp. (210258)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy (Bologna) C. sp. (186574)