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Sillago

Osteichthyes - Sillaginidae

Taxonomy
Sillago was named by Cuvier (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sillaginidae by Stinton (1957), Schwarzhans (1980), Steurbaut (1984), Schwarzhans (1985), Schwarzhans et al. (2017), Schwarzhans (2019).

Species
S. campbellensis, S. ciliata, S. maxwelli, S. mckayi, S. pliocaenica, S. recta, S. schwarzhansi, S. ventriosus
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. hassovicus, S. japonica
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Sillago Cuvier
1957Sillago Stinton p. 89
1980Sillago Schwarzhans p. 204
1984Sillago Steurbaut p. 83
1985Sillago Schwarzhans p. 48
2002Sillago Sepkoski
2017Sillago Schwarzhans et al. p. 451
2019Sillago Schwarzhans p. 75

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
familySillaginidaeRichardson 1846
genusSillagoCuvier 1817

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. Sillago Cuvier 1817
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†Sillago campbellensis Schwarzhans 1985
Sillago ciliata Cuvier 1829
†Sillago maxwelli Schwarzhans 2019
†Sillago mckayi Schwarzhans 1985
†Sillago pliocaenica Stinton 1952
†Sillago recta Schwarzhans 1980
†Sillago schwarzhansi Steurbaut 1984
†Sillago ventriosus Steurbaut 1984
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: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 42.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 39.1 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Island) S. maxwelli (219322 219503)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) S. pliocenica (219155)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Australia (Victoria) S. pliocenica (219143)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany S. hassovicus (95898)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) S. recta (219614)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) S. mckayi (219138) S. pliocaenica (48647 176295)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France S. ventriosus (219194)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Hungary S. hassovicus (184477)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) S. pliocaenica (174215)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France S. schwarzhansi (219196)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) S. recta (219592 219593 219744)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand S. recta (67900)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) S. recta (219524 219525)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) S. pliocaenica (46165)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) S. campbellensis (219144) S. pliocaenica (122349) S. pliocenica (72231)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) S. pliocenica (182910)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Brunei Darussalam S. sp. (237153 237154) S. sp.-1 (194518)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Taiwan (Taiwan) S. sp. (237145)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) S. pliocaenica (46167)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) S. pliocaenica (219139) S. pliocenica (182909)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Taiwan S. sp. (275913)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan (Kanagawa) S. japonica (275914)
Haweran - Holocene0.34 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) S. ciliata (219640)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Kanagawa) S. japonica (276069 276071)