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Sillago

Actinopteri - 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) and Schwarzhans (2019).

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
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
familySillaginidae
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 mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bortonian to the top of the Holocene or 42.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 39.1 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Island) S. maxwelli (219322 219503)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) S. pliocenica (219155)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Australia (Victoria) S. pliocenica (219143)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany S. hassovicus (95898)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) S. mckayi (219138) S. pliocaenica (48647 176295)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France S. ventriosus (219194)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary S. hassovicus (184477)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) S. recta (219614)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) S. pliocaenica (174215)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France S. schwarzhansi (219196)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand S. recta (67900)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) S. recta (219592 219593 219744)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) S. recta (219524 219525)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) S. pliocaenica (46165)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) S. campbellensis (219144) S. pliocaenica (122349) S. pliocenica (72231)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) S. pliocenica (182910)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) S. pliocaenica (46167)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) S. pliocaenica (219139) S. pliocenica (182909)
Haweran - Holocene0.34 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) S. ciliata (219640)