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Batrachoidiformes (toadfish)

Actinopteri - Batrachoidiformes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Batrachoidiformes Purdy et al. p. 165
2002Batrachoidiformes Sepkoski
2006Batrachoidiformes Nelson
2011Batrachoidiformes Long p. 243
2012Batrachoidiformes Fierstine et al. p. 77
2013Batrachoidiformes Betancur et al.
2016Batrachoidiformes Nelson et al. p. 320
2018Batrachoidiformes Carnevale and Godfrey p. 171

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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)
Acanthomorpha(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Batrachoidimorpharia
orderBatrachoidiformes
orderBatrachoidiformes

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.

Or. Batrachoidiformes [toadfish]
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G. Batrachoides Lapepède 1800
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Batrachoides didactylus Bloch-Schneider 1801
G. †Batrachoididarum Jordan and Evermann 1898
G. Chatrabus Smith 1949
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Chatrabus weileri Schwarzhans 2013
G. †Louckaichthys Přikryl and Carnevale 2017
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Louckaichthys novosadi Přikryl and Carnevale 2017
G. †Opsanus Rafinesque 1818
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Opsanus tao Linnaeus 1766
G. Porichthys Girard 1854
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Porichthys myriaster Hubbs and Schultz 1939
Porichthys notatus Girard 1854
G. †Zappaichthys Carnevale and Collette 2014
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Zappaichthys harzhauseri Carnevale and Collette 2014
G. †Batrachoidiformorum Goodrich 1909
G. Perulibatrachus Roux and Whitley 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:55:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:55:54
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 66.00000 to 0.01400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland Batrachoidiformorum sp. (22943)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Lower Saxony,) Batrachoididarum sp. (188954)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Czechia Louckaichthys novosadi (219097)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Romania Batrachoididae indet. (219093)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India Batrachoididae indet. (230225)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria Zappaichthys harzhauseri (186861)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Gabon Chatrabus weileri (219363)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Diaphus pedemontanus (219220 219222) Porichthys sp. (145519 145520)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Diaphus pedemontanus (219219)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy Diaphus pedemontanus (78437 178120 187503 187507)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Batrachoididae indet. (220507) Diaphus pedemontanus (220504)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Batrachoides didactylus (59256)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Diaphus pedemontanus (172914 172916 199860 220503)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Zakynthos) Diaphus pedemontanus (207583)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Porichthys margaritatus, Porichthys analis, Porichthys notatus (135043)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Opsanus tau (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Jamaica Porichthys sp. (186673)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Opsanus sp. (22712)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Porichthys notatus, Porichthys myriaster (219849)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Porichthys notatus, Porichthys myriaster (85314)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Opsanus sp. (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Porichthys notalus (190889) Porichthys notatus, Porichthys myriaster (59063)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Opsanus sp. (57706 73485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Batrachoididae indet., Opsanus sp. (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Porichthys sp. (161932)