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Ammodytes

Osteichthyes - Ammodytidae

Taxonomy
Ammodytes was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ammodytidae by Pauca (1929), Danil'chenko (1960), Jerzmanska (1968), Heinrich (1969), Danil'chenko (1980), Fitch and Lavenberg (1983), Steurbaut (1984), Fierstine et al. (2012), Welton (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ammodytes Linnaeus p. 247
1929Ammodytes Pauca p. 29
1960Ammodytes Danil'chenko p. 140
1968Ammodytes Jerzmanska p. 456
1969Ammodytes Heinrich p. 40
1980Ammodytes Danil'chenko p. 143
1983Ammodytes Fitch and Lavenberg p. 513
1984Ammodytes Steurbaut p. 102
2002Ammodytes Sepkoski
2012Ammodytes Fierstine et al. p. 139
2015Ammodytes Welton p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
—Trachiniformes
familyAmmodytidae
genusAmmodytes

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. Ammodytes Linnaeus 1758
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†Ammodytes antipae Pauca 1929
†Ammodytes antipai Pauca 1929
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Romania A. antipai, A. antipae (50344)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) A. hexapterus (52582)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Oregon) A. hexapterus (222407 222408 222409)