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Lotella

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Moridae

Taxonomy
Lotella was named by Kaup.

It was assigned to Moridae by Danil'chenko (1960), Schwarzhans et al. (2017), Schwarzhans (2019), Robinson et al. (2024).

Species
L. latidorsalis, L. matata, L. pfeili, L. rhacina, L. smirnovi, L. spicata
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. andrusovi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Lotella Danil'chenko p. 43
2017Lotella Schwarzhans et al. p. 443
2019Lotella Schwarzhans p. 43
2024Lotella Robinson et al. p. 571

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
suborderGadoidei
familyMoridae
genusLotellaKaup

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. †Lotella Kaup
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†Lotella latidorsalis Schwarzhans et al. 2017
†Lotella matata Schwarzhans 2019
†Lotella pfeili Schwarzhans 2019
†Lotella rhacina Lotella rhacina 1801
†Lotella smirnovi Danilshenko 1953
†Lotella spicata Schwarzhans 2019
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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Mangaorapan to the top of the Clifdenian or 52.00000 to 15.10000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mangaorapan52.0 - 48.9New Zealand (South Island) L. spicata (219499)
Mangaorapan - Heretaungan52.0 - 45.7New Zealand (South Island) L. spicata (219500 219501)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Island) L. sp. (219322)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Russian Federation L. smirnovi (186461)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) L. latidorsalis (219570 219612 219615)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) L. latidorsalis (219620)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (South Island) L. sp. (219590)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (North Island) L. matata (219522)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) L. matata (219744)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) L. pfeili (219523 219524)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Azerbaijan L. andrusovi (186464)
Clifdenian15.9 - 15.1New Zealand (South Island) L. pfeili (219623)