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Buglossidium

Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae

Taxonomy
Buglossidium was named by Chabanaud (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 503]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pleuronectiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Soleidae by Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Steurbaut (1984), Girone et al. (2006).

Species
B. frequens, B. luteum
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. fiequens, B. luetum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Buglossidium Chabanaud
1983Buglossidium Nolf and Steurbaut p. 187
1984Buglossidium Steurbaut p. 111
2002Buglossidium Sepkoski
2006Buglossidium Girone et al. p. 657

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangaria
orderPleuronectiformes
suborderPleuronectoidei
familySoleidaeBonaparte 1833
genusBuglossidiumChabanaud 1930

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. Buglossidium Chabanaud 1930
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†Buglossidium frequens Steurbaut 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:39:27
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:39:27
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Calabrian or 27.30000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France B. frequens (219194)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France B. frequens (219196)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France B. frequens (219197)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Czechia (Mikulov) B. fiequens (161995)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy B. sp. (178120)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Zakynthos) B. sp. (207583)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) B. luteum (207769)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy B. luetum (159288) B. luteum (159140)