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Aplodinotus

Actinopteri - Sciaenidae

Taxonomy
Aplodinotus was named by Rafinesque (1818) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Sciaenidae by Wilson (1967); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sciaenoidei by Seymour (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Aplodinotus Rafinesque
1967Aplodinotus Wilson p. 203
2002Aplodinotus Sepkoski
2004Aplodinotus Seymour

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
familySciaenidae(Cuvier 1828)
genusAplodinotusRafinesque 1818

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. Aplodinotus Rafinesque 1818
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Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque 1819 [freshwater drum]
†Aplodinotus hoffmani Nolf and Aguilera 1998
†Aplodinotus longecaudatus Nolf and Aguilera 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) A. sp. (13346)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) A. sp. (164390)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Louisiana) A. distortus, A. gemma (164391)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) A. longecaudatus, A. hoffmani (118106)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Louisiana) A. sp. (164388)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) A. grunniens (18284) A. sp. (18031 27481)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) A. grunniens (18450)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Michigan) A. sp. (70130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) A. grunniens (74470 93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) A. grunniens (200325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) A. grunniens (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) A. grunniens (195067)