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Scarus

Osteichthyes - Labriformes - Scaridae

Taxonomy
Scarus was named by Gronovius (1763) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scaridae by Weisler (2001); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Scarini by Westneat and Alfaro (2005).

Species lacking formal opinion data
S. gibbus, S. miocenicus, S. oviceps

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1763Scarus Gronovius
2001Scarus Weisler
2002Scarus Sepkoski
2005Scarus Westneat and Alfaro p. 381

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderLabriformes
familyScaridae
genusScarusGronovius 1763

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. Scarus Gronovius 1763
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France S. sp. (69805)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France S. miocenicus (90354)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Sri Lanka (Puttalam) S. sp. (14149)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Portugal S. miocenicus (56459)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Dodecanese) S. sp. (182809)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands S. sp. (209855)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands S. gibbus (194996) S. spp., S. gibbus (194997 194998 194999) S. spp., S. gibbus, S. oviceps (194995)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) S. sp. (191983)