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Bathygadus

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Bathygadidae

Taxonomy
Bathygadus was named by Guenther (1878) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Bathygadinae by Schwarzhans (1978); to Gadiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Macrouridae by Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Schwarzhans (2013); and to Bathygadidae by Schwarzhans and Nielsen (2021).

Species
B. mandorovensis, B. novus, B. waiohaensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. incertus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Bathygadus Guenther
1978Bathygadus Schwarzhans p. 27
1983Bathygadus Nolf and Steurbaut p. 165
2002Bathygadus Sepkoski
2013Bathygadus Schwarzhans p. 171
2021Bathygadus Schwarzhans and Nielsen p. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
familyBathygadidae(Jordan and Evermann 1898)
genusBathygadusGuenther 1878

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. Bathygadus Guenther 1878
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†Bathygadus mandorovensis Schwarzhans 2013
†Bathygadus novus Bossoli 1906
†Bathygadus waiohaensis 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Zanclean or 48.07000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France B. novus (188957)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile B. sp. (241738)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (North Island) B. waiohaensis (219517 219521)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Gabon B. mandorovensis (219360)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy B. novus (70491 178120 187503 187506 187507 187596)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece (Crete) B. novus (207587)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy (Asti) B. novus (237147)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) B. sp. (231894)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy B. incertus (185692)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Crete) Macrurus novus (207582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy B. novus (223700)