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Cynoscion

Actinopteri - Sciaenidae

Taxonomy
Cynoscion was named by Gill (1861) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Otholithinae by David (1943); to Sciaenoidei by Fitch and Lavenberg (1983); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sciaenidae by Fierstine et al. (2012).

Species
C. (Aristoscion), C. eprepes
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. nebulosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Cynoscion Gill
1943Cynoscion David p. 136
1983Cynoscion Fitch and Lavenberg p. 513
2002Cynoscion Sepkoski
2012Cynoscion Fierstine et al. p. 131

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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)
genusCynoscionGill 1861

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. Cynoscion Gill 1861
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Subg. †Cynoscion (Aristoscion) Jordan 1921
†Cynoscion eprepes Jordan 1921
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: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) C. eprepes (45489)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) C. sp. (79984 145530)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama C. sp. (24237 145519)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela C. sp. (92751)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) C. nebulosus (52582)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) C. sp. (22712)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) C. sp. (57706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) C. nobilis, C. reticulatus (59063)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) C. nothus (161932)