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Lactarius

Osteichthyes - Lactariidae

Taxonomy
Lactarius was named by Cuvier and Valenciennes (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Lactariinae by Schwarzhans (1980); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lactariidae by Stinton (1957), Schwarzhans (1978), Steurbaut (1984), Schwarzhans (1985), Nolf and Bajpai (1992), Schwarzhans (2019), Ebersole et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Lactarius Cuvier and Valenciennes
1957Lactarius Stinton p. 88
1978Lactarius Schwarzhans p. 33
1980Lactarius Schwarzhans p. 193
1984Lactarius Steurbaut p. 84
1985Lactarius Schwarzhans p. 46
1992Lactarius Nolf and Bajpai p. 201
2002Lactarius Sepkoski
2019Lactarius Ebersole et al. p. 205
2019Lactarius Schwarzhans p. 74

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangaria
familyLactariidaeBoulenger 1904
genusLactariusCuvier and Valenciennes 1833

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. Lactarius Cuvier and Valenciennes 1833
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†Lactarius amplus Pomerol 1973
†Lactarius atlanticus Steubaut and Jonet 1982
†Lactarius nonfungus Nolf and Bajpai 1992
†Lactarius primigenius Schwarzhans 2019
†Lactarius pusillus Schwarzhans 2019
†Lactarius sigmoidalis Frost 1934
†Lactarius tumulatus Stinton 1957
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bortonian to the top of the Opoitian or 42.60000 to 3.70000 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) L. amplus (41998)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) L. sp. (209370 209371)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) L. sigmoidalis (219147)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Island) L. primigenius (219322)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) L. sp. (3534)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Indonesia (Java) L. nonfungus (202252)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand (South Island) L. primigenius (219333)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) L. sigmoidalis (219149 219150 219151 219153 219156 219164)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) L. sp. (32925 75638)
Runangan36.7 - 34.6New Zealand L. sp. (219494)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) L. sigmoidalis (45665 219331 219337 219569)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) L. sigmoidalis (174152)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) L. sigmoidalis (219273 219319 219334 219336 219578 219579 219580 219581 219582 219584)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Venezuela (Paraguana) L. atlanticus (118106)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (South Island) L. sigmoidalis (219586 219590)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (North Island) L. pusillus (219517)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand L. sigmoidalis (152323)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand L. sigmoidalis (67900)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) L. sigmoidalis (219271 219339 219341 219593 219594 219595 219597 219598 219604 219605 219606 219621)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) L. pusillus (219524 219526)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) L. tumulatus (219137)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) L. sigmoidalis (71242)
Clifdenian15.9 - 15.1New Zealand (South Island) L. sigmoidalis (219274 219623)
Lillburnian15.1 - 13.05New Zealand (North Island) L. sigmoidalis (219547)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama L. sp. (145519)
Tongaporutuan11.04 - 7.2New Zealand L. sigmoidalis (89138)
Tongaporutuan11.04 - 7.2New Zealand (North Island) L. sp. (219269 219553)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) L. tumulatus (46167)
Kapitean7.2 - 5.333New Zealand Sparidarum sigmoidalis (162461)
Opoitian5.333 - 3.7New Zealand (North Island) L. sp. (219268)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sicily) L. sp. (223702)