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Chlorophthalmus
Taxonomy
Chlorophthalmus was named by Bonaparte (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Aulopiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Chlorophthalmidae by Schwarzhans (1980), Schwarzhans (1985), Schwarzhans (2003), Schwarzhans (2004), Schwarzhans (2007), Schwarzhans and Bratischko (2011) and Schwarzhans (2019).
It was assigned to Aulopiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Chlorophthalmidae by Schwarzhans (1980), Schwarzhans (1985), Schwarzhans (2003), Schwarzhans (2004), Schwarzhans (2007), Schwarzhans and Bratischko (2011) and Schwarzhans (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1840 | Chlorophthalmus Bonaparte |
| 1980 | Chlorophthalmus Schwarzhans p. 44 |
| 1985 | Chlorophthalmus Schwarzhans p. 19 |
| 2002 | Chlorophthalmus Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Chlorophthalmus Schwarzhans p. 46 |
| 2004 | Chlorophthalmus Schwarzhans p. 9 |
| 2007 | Chlorophthalmus Schwarzhans p. 312 |
| 2011 | Chlorophthalmus Schwarzhans and Bratischko p. 90 |
| 2019 | Chlorophthalmus Schwarzhans p. 109 |
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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. Chlorophthalmus Bonaparte 1840
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Chlorophthalmus agassizi Bonaparte 1840
†Chlorophthalmus deflecticauda Schwarzhans 2007
†Chlorophthalmus fraserbrunneri Poll 1953
†Chlorophthalmus nigripinnis Guenther 1878
†Chlorophthalmus oligocenicus Schwarzhans 1980
†Chlorophthalmus postangulatus Nolf and Dockery 1993
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Invalid names: Argentinoideorum sculptissimus Nolf and Dockery 1993 [synonym]
†Chlorophthalmus tortus Schwarzhans 2003
†Chlorophthalmus udovichenkoi Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Calabrian or 66.00000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danian | Greenland | C. postangulatus (22943) | |
| Selandian | Denmark | C. postangulatus (159792 159793 159794 159795) | |
| Selandian | USA (Alabama) | Argentinoideorum sculptissimus (87817) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | Ukraine | C. udovichenkoi (159509) | |
| Lutetian | Germany (Lower Saxony,) | C. deflecticauda (188954) | |
| Duntroonian | New Zealand (South Island) | C. oligocenicus (219331) Paraulopus oligocenicus (219569 219570) | |
| Waitakian | New Zealand (South Island) | C. oligocenicus (219336) Paraulopus oligocenicus (219319 219579 219580 219581 219582) | |
| Otaian | New Zealand (South Island) | Paraulopus oligocenicus (219591) | |
| Piacenzian | Greece (Crete) | C. agassizi (207357) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Greece (Rhodes) | C. agassizi (207571) | |
| Gelasian - Ionian | Greece (Kephallonia) | C. agassizi (207577) |