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Physiculus

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Moridae

Taxonomy
Physiculus was named by Kaup (1858) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 503]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Anacanthini by Frost (1934); to Bregmacerotidae by Nolf and Steurbaut (1983); to Gadiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Moridae by Steurbaut (1979), Steurbaut (1984), Fierstine et al. (2012), Schwarzhans (2019), Schwarzhans and Nielsen (2021).

Species
P. beui, P. huloti, P. pichi, P. rastrelliger, P. terakohensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. fulvus, P. huloli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Physiculus Kaup
1934Physiculus Frost p. 139
1979Physiculus Steurbaut p. 63
1983Physiculus Nolf and Steurbaut p. 162
1984Physiculus Steurbaut p. 55
2002Physiculus Sepkoski
2012Physiculus Fierstine et al. p. 60
2019Physiculus Schwarzhans p. 150
2021Physiculus Schwarzhans and Nielsen p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
suborderGadoidei
familyMoridae
genusPhysiculusKaup 1858

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. Physiculus Kaup 1858
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†Physiculus beui Schwarzhans 2019
†Physiculus huloti Poll 1953
†Physiculus pichi Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021
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: 2009-07-21 04:19:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 27.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04New Zealand (North-West Nelson) P. terakohensis (173837)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France P. huloti (219194)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France P. huloti (219195)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile P. pichi (241732)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (North Island) P. beui (219517 219522)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France P. huloti (219196 220042 220043)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) P. beui (219606)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (North Island) P. beui (219527)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France P. huloti (219197)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Czechia (Mikulov) P. huloli (161993 161995)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy (Asti) P. sp. (237147)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy P. huloti (178120)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Zakynthos) P. huloti (207583)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) P. sp. (172914 220503)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8USA (California) P. rastrelliger (277712)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan (Kanagawa) P. sp. (275914)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Kanagawa) P. sp. (276069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) P. fulvus (161932)