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Trachinidae

Actinopteri - Trachinidae

Taxonomy
Trachinidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Perciformes by Přikryl et al. (2016); and to Trachiniformes by Jordan (1963) and Nelson et al. (2016).

Subtaxa
Trachinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Trachinidae Jordan p. 728
2016Trachinidae Nelson et al. p. 426
2016Trachinidae Přikryl et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Percomorpha
—OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
—Trachiniformes
familyTrachinidae
familyTrachinidae

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.

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G. Trachinus Linnaeus 1758
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†Trachinus acutus Weiler 1942
†Trachinus biscissus Koken 1884
Trachinus draco Linnaeus 1758
†Trachinus falcatus Schwarzhans 2007
†Trachinus janeti Priem 1911
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Gelasian or 56.00000 to 1.80600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium Trachinus sp. (219001)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9France Platycephalus janeti (220174)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Lower Saxony,) Trachinus falcatus (188954)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Trachinus sp. (41989 41992 41994 41996)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Platycephalus janeti (188958)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Trachinus biscissus (95898)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium Trachinus biscissus (188930)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Trachinus sp. (219194)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Trachinus verus, Trachinus sp. (32012)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Trachinus draco (219195)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Trachinus lineolatus, Trachinus draco (219196) Trachinus sp., Trachinus biscissus (220042)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Trachinus armatus, Trachinus lineolatus (219197)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (Lower Saxony) Trachinus verus (161965)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kazakhstan Trachinus sp. (174760)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium Trachinus sp. (208831)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Trachinus draco (178120)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Trachinus draco (59003)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece (Rhodes) Trachinus draco (207579)