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Brotula
Taxonomy
Brotula is a genus. It is extant.
It was assigned to Brotulidae by Casier (1966); to Brotulinae by Steurbaut (1984); to Ophidiidae by Steurbaut (1979), Stringer (1998); to Ophididae by Fitch and Lavenberg (1983), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018); and to Ophidiiformes by Sepkoski (2002), Přikryl and Carnevale (2018).
It was assigned to Brotulidae by Casier (1966); to Brotulinae by Steurbaut (1984); to Ophidiidae by Steurbaut (1979), Stringer (1998); to Ophididae by Fitch and Lavenberg (1983), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018); and to Ophidiiformes by Sepkoski (2002), Přikryl and Carnevale (2018).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1966 | Brotula Casier p. 430 |
| 1979 | Brotula Steurbaut p. 64 |
| 1983 | Brotula Fitch and Lavenberg p. 512 |
| 1984 | Brotula Steurbaut p. 61 |
| 1998 | Brotula Stringer p. 150 |
| 2002 | Brotula Sepkoski |
| 2018 | Brotula Carnevale and Godfrey p. 171 |
| 2018 | Brotula Přikryl and Carnevale p. 479 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 48.07000 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutetian | Germany (Lower Saxony,) | Sirembola arcuata (188954) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Louisiana) | B. aquitanica (237115) | |
| Rupelian | Czechia | B. longipinnata (219094) | |
| Burdigalian | France | B. sp. (220042) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | B. sp. (145529) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Ecuador (Esmeraldas) | B. ordwayi (135043) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | B. barbata (52582) | |
| Pliocene | Jamaica | B. clarkae (186673) |