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Microgadus

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Gadidae

Taxonomy
Microgadus was named by Gill (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Gadiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gadidae by Casier (1966), Fitch and Lavenberg (1983), Fierstine et al. (2012), Welton (2015).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Microgadus Gill
1966Microgadus Casier p. 428
1983Microgadus Fitch and Lavenberg p. 512
2002Microgadus Sepkoski
2012Microgadus Fierstine et al. p. 74
2015Microgadus Welton p. 11

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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
genusMicrogadusGill 1865

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. Microgadus Gill 1865
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Microgadus proximus Girard 1845 [Pacific tomcod]
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 Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) M. subnotus (3262)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) M. tomcod (52582)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) M. proximus (219849)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8USA (California) M. proximus (277712)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) M. sp. (65998)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129USA (California) M. proximus (84881 226584 276728)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Oregon) M. proximus (222407 222408 222409)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) M. proximus (190889)