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Gadus (cod)

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Gadidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Gadus Linnaeus p. 251
1873Gadus Sauvage p. 161
1957Gadus Stinton p. 85
1969Gadus Heinrich p. 23
1983Gadus Fitch and Lavenberg p. 512
2002Gadus Sepkoski
2022Gadus Argyriou p. 110

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
suborderGadoidei
familyGadidaeRafinesque 1810
genusGadus

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. Gadus Linnaeus 1758 [cod]
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Gadus balticus Koken 1885
Gadus benedeni Leriche 1926
Gadus chalcogrammus Pallus 1814 [Alaska pollock]
Gadus elegans Koken 1884
Gadus elegans scuplta Koken 1891
Gadus friedbergi Chaine and Duvergier 1928
Gadus minisculoides Schubert 1912
Gadus planatus Bassoli and Schubert 1906
Gadus simplex Koken 1891
Gadus spectabilis Koken 1891
Gadus venustus Koken 1891
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, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Holocene or 61.66000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.24 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Belgium Gadus balticus (242165)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Gadus elegans (67900)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Romania Gadus minisculoides (222592)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy (Asti) Micromesistius planatus (237147 275777)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy Micromesistius planatus (70491 78437 178120 187504 187506 187507)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Germany Gadus venustus, Gadus friedbergi (223566)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Gadus morhua (52582)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greenland Gadus morhua (107728)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Gadus morrhua (77749)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Theragra chalcogramma (276728)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland Gadus morhua (75197)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Oregon) Theragra chalcogramma (222407)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Gadus marrhua (77754) Gadus morrhua (58419)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan (Kanagawa) Theragra chalcogramma (275914)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Gadus sp. (57706 73485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Gadus morhua (215694)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Gadus callarias (227031) Gadus ogac (75175)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway Gadus morhua (227461)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Theragra chalcogramma (226585)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Gadus macrocephalus (75232)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway (Sunnmore) Gadus morhua (125317)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Gadus ogac (227877)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Estonia Gadus morhua (195026)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland (Qeqertasussuk) Gadus morhua (187755)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland) Gadus sp. (228844)