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Mugil
Taxonomy
Mugil was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mugilidae by Arambourg (1927), Danil'chenko (1960), Stringer (1998), Carnevale et al. (2006), Gaudant et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mugilidae by Arambourg (1927), Danil'chenko (1960), Stringer (1998), Carnevale et al. (2006), Gaudant et al. (2018).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-10-27
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Mugil Linnaeus p. 316 |
| 1927 | Mugil Arambourg p. 71 |
| 1960 | Mugil Danil'chenko p. 103 |
| 1998 | Mugil Stringer p. 150 |
| 2002 | Mugil Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Mugil Carnevale et al. p. 687 |
| 2018 | Mugil Gaudant et al. p. 467 |
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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. Mugil Linnaeus 1758
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Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758
†Mugil latus Svitshenskaja 1957
†Mugil minax Bogatshev 1933
†Mugil ornatus Arambourg 1927
†Mugil princeps Agassiz 1843
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 37.71000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priabonian | France | M. sp. (222677) | |
| Oligocene - Miocene | Russian Federation | M. latus (186461) | |
| Chattian | France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) | M. princeps (113682) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Venezuela (Paraguana) | M. cephalus (118106) | |
| Langhian | Azerbaijan | M. karaganicus (116636) | |
| Middle Miocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | M. cephalus (161210) | |
| Sarmatian | Russian Federation (Goryachii) | M. minax (211239) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | M. sp. (145520) | |
| Messinian | Algeria (Oran) | M. ornatus (59256) | |
| Messinian | Italy | M. sp., M. cephalus (220507) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Emilia-Romagna) | M. sp. (210236) | |
| Pliocene | Jamaica | M. sp. (186673) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (Florida) | M. sp. (22712) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | M. sp. (227368) | |
| Calabrian | USA (Florida) | M. sp. (20400 20402) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | M. sp. (58089) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | M. sp. (20440) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | M. cephalus (236636) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | M. sp. (20604) | |
| Holocene | Portugal (Faro) | M. cephalus (276394) | |
| Holocene | USA (Florida) | M. sp. (227371) |