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Gadus (cod)

Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Gadidae

Taxonomy
Gadus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Gadiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gadidae by Sauvage (1873), Stinton (1957), Heinrich (1969), Fitch and Lavenberg (1983), Argyriou (2022).

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
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Acanthomorpha(Rosen 1973)
—Paracanthomorphacea
—Zeiogadaria
—Gadariae
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 benedeni Leriche 1926
†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, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Altonian to the top of the Holocene or 18.70000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Gadus elegans (67900)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Romania Gadus minisculoides (222592)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy Micromesistius planatus (70491 78437 178120 187504 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)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Gadus marrhua (77754) Gadus morrhua (58419)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland Gadus morhua (75197)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Gadus callarias (227031) Gadus ogac (75175)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Gadus sp. (57706 73485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Gadus morhua (215694)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Gadus macrocephalus (75232)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway (Sunnmore) Gadus morhua (125317)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway Gadus morhua (227461)
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)