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Pygaeus

Osteichthyes - Pygaeidae

Taxonomy
Pygaeus was named by Agassiz (1835) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l Sepkoski's reference number: 718]. It is the type genus of Pygaeidae.

It was assigned to Chaetodontes by Agassiz (1835); to Chaetodontidae by Eastman (1904); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Percoidei by Carnevale et al. (2014), Bannikov (2014); and to Pygaeidae by van der Laan (2019).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2021-08-07

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Pygaeus Agassiz p. 35
1904Pygaeus Eastman p. 30
2002Pygaeus Sepkoski
2014Pygaeus Bannikov p. 28
2014Pygaeus Carnevale et al. p. 44
2019Pygaeus van der Laan p. 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
Carangaria
familyPygaeidaeJordan 1905
genusPygaeus

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. †Pygaeus Agassiz 1835
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Pygaeus agassizii Eastman 1904
Pygaeus bolcanus Volta 1796
Pygaeus coleanus Agassiz 1839
Pygaeus dorsalis Agassiz 1839
Pygaeus egertoni Agassiz 1842
Pygaeus gibbus Agassiz 1842
Pygaeus gigas Agassiz 1835
Pygaeus nobilis Agassiz 1835
Pygaeus nuchalis Agassiz 1839
Pygaeus oblongus Agassiz 1839
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy P. nuchalis, P. nobilis, P. bolcanus (94830)