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Raniceps

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Ranicipitidae

Taxonomy
Raniceps was named by Oken (1817) [non Oken (1817); Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Ganocephala by Owen (1860), Owen (1861); to Lotinae by Steurbaut (1984); to Gadidae by Danil'chenko (1960), Casier (1966), Constantin (1999); to Gadiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ranicipitidae by Schwarzhans (2003), Schwarzhans (2007), Schwarzhans and Bratischko (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Raniceps Oken
1860Raniceps Owen p. 183
1861Raniceps Owen p. 205
1960Raniceps Danil'chenko p. 62
1966Raniceps Casier p. 429
1984Raniceps Steurbaut p. 59
1999Raniceps Constantin
2002Raniceps Sepkoski
2003Raniceps Schwarzhans p. 51
2007Raniceps Schwarzhans p. 312
2011Raniceps Schwarzhans and Bratischko p. 91

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
familyRanicipitidae
genusRanicepsOken 1817

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. Raniceps Oken 1817
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Raniceps hermani Nolf 1978
Raniceps latidens Casier 1966
Raniceps latisulcatus Koken 1884
Raniceps parcus Danil'chenko 1960
Raniceps planus Koken 1906
Raniceps raninus Linnaeus 1758
Raniceps tuberculosus Koken 1884
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Altonian or 61.66000 to 15.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.24 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Denmark R. hermani (159792)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Ukraine R. hermani (159509)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Lower Saxony,) R. sp. (188954)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation (Adygeia) R. parcus (105572)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany R. latisulcatus (95898)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) R. sp., R. tuberculosus (32012)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Hungary R. coelorhinchoides (187352) R. coelorinchoides (184477)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand R. planus (67900)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (Lower Saxony) R. planus (161965)