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Evesthes

Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae

Taxonomy
Evesthes was named by Gilbert (1910) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 915].

It was assigned to Pleuronectidae by Gilbert (1910), Jordan and Gilbert (1919), Jordan and Gilbert (1920); to Pleuronectiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Paralichthyidae by Fierstine et al. (2012).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Uhen on 2019-09-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Evesthes Gilbert p. 407
1919Evesthes Jordan and Gilbert p. 58
1920Evesthes Jordan and Gilbert p. 37
2002Evesthes Sepkoski
2012Evesthes Fierstine et al. p. 157

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
Carangaria
orderPleuronectiformes
suborderPleuronectoidei
familyPleuronectidae
genusEvesthes

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. †Evesthes Gilbert 1910
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Evesthes hooveri Jordan and Gilbert 1920
Evesthes jordani Gilbert 1910
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) E. jordani, E. hooveri (45489)