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Lepidopus

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae

Taxonomy

Lepidopus was named by Gouan (1770) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Lepidopidae by Weiler (1938); to Lepidopinae by Steurbaut (1979); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Trichiuridae by Sauvage (1873), Arambourg (1925), Arambourg (1927), Pauca (1929), Casier (1958), Danil'chenko (1960), Danilt'chenko (1962), Jerzmanska (1968), Danil'chenko (1980), Steurbaut (1984), Bedini et al. (1986), Gaudant et al. (1996), Gaudant et al. (2005), Gaudant et al. (2006), Carnevale (2007), Monsch and Bannikov (2011), Gaudant and Courme (2014), Argyriou (2022).

Species

L. albyi, L. anguis, L. caudatus, L. gouanianus, L. lateralis, L. lerichei, L. proargenteus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1770	Lepidopus Gouan
1873	Lepidopus Sauvage p. 122
1925	Lepidopus Arambourg p. 106
1927	Lepidopus Arambourg p. 175
1929	Lepidopus Pauca p. 30
1938	Lepidopus Weiler p. 23
1958	Lepidopus Casier p. 68
1960	Lepidopus Danil'chenko p. 149
1962	Lepidopus Danilt'chenko p. 121
1968	Lepidopus Jerzmanska p. 462
1979	Lepidopus Steurbaut p. 76
1980	Lepidopus Danil'chenko p. 149
1984	Lepidopus Steurbaut p. 106
1986	Lepidopus Bedini et al. p. 59
1996	Lepidopus Gaudant et al. p. 141
2002	Lepidopus Sepkoski
2005	Lepidopus Gaudant et al. p. 693
2006	Lepidopus Gaudant et al. p. 797
2007	Lepidopus Carnevale p. 36
2011	Lepidopus Monsch and Bannikov p. 268
2014	Lepidopus Gaudant and Courme p. 210
2022	Lepidopus Argyriou p. 114

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
superclass	Actinopterygii	()
class	Actinopteri	()
subclass	Neopterygii	(Regan 1923)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Teleosteomorpha
—	Teleostei	(Müller 1846)
—	Teleocephala	de Pinna 1996
—	Clupeocephala	Patterson and Rosen 1977
—	Euteleostei	Rosen 1973
superorder	Acanthopterygii
—	Percomorpha
—	Ovalentaria	Smith and Near 2012
order	Scombriformes
family	Trichiuridae
genus	Lepidopus	Gouan 1770

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. Lepidopus Gouan 1770

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†Lepidopus albyi Sauvage 1870

†Lepidopus anguis Sauvage 1870

Lepidopus caudatus Euphrasen 1788

†Lepidopus gouanianus Lacépède 1800

†Lepidopus lateralis Danil'chenko 1980

†Lepidopus lerichei Casier 1958

†Lepidopus proargenteus Arambourg 1927

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov 2011	Large sagittal crest. 82–114 vertebrae. Dorsal fin with 78–110 elements, of 7–10 flexible spines, remaining elements are soft rays. 41–66 Anal-fin rays. Pelvic fin reduced to one spine with one or two rays.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

marinesubp

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Created:

2004-08-17 14:52:40

Modified:

2009-07-20 23:50:42

Source: c = class, subp = subphylum

Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Gelasian or 37.71000 to 1.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (38 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Barbados	L. sp. (220735)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Hungary	L. sp. (124377)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Georgia	L. sp. (186469)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Azerbaijan	L. sp. (45740)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	L. sp. (68021)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	Czechia (Tschechien)	L. caudatus (185664)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Venezuela (Falcon)	L. sp. (221443)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	France	L. caudatus (219196 220042)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	France	L. caudatus (219197)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Azerbaijan	L. lateralis (116631)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Cyprus	L. sp. (66957)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Italy	L. sp. (185486)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Greece	L. sp. (185752)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Greece (Crete)	L. sp. (207356)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Algeria	L. sp. (186583)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Algeria (Oran)	L. proargenteus (59256)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Italy	L. albyi (186576 210231 210640) L. albyi, L. anguis (185692) L. albyi, L. proargenteus (186575) L. spl (210234)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Italy (Tuscany)	L. albyi (210628)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Greece (Crete)	L. sp. (207365)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Italy (Sicile)	L. albyi, L. proargenteus (210669)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Greece	L. sp. (207361)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Greece (Zakynthos)	L. caudatus (207583)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Cyprus	L. sp. (185663)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Italy	L. sp. (210256)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Greece (Crete)	L. sp. (162721)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	Greece (Crete)	L. caudatus (207304) L. sp. (207303 207357)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	Greece	L. sp. (51511)
Piacenzian - Gelasian	3.6 - 1.8	Italy	L. sp. (57058)
Gelasian	2.58 - 1.8	Italy (Bologna)	L. sp. (186574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.129	Italy	L. sp. (159378)