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Cymatogaster

Osteichthyes - Embiotocidae

Taxonomy
Cymatogaster was named by Gibbons (1854) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Embiotocidae by Fierstine et al. (2012), Welton (2015).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Cymatogaster Gibbons
2002Cymatogaster Sepkoski
2012Cymatogaster Fierstine et al. p. 132
2015Cymatogaster Welton p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
familyEmbiotocidaeAgassiz 1853
genusCymatogasterGibbons 1854

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. Cymatogaster Gibbons 1854
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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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 3.60000 to 0.01400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) C. aggregata (219849)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Oregon) C. aggregata (194882 222408)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) C. aggregata (85314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) C. aggregata (59063 190889)