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Microchirus

Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae

Taxonomy
Microchirus was named by Bonaparte (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pleuronectiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Soleidae by Arambourg (1925), Arambourg (1927), Girone et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Microchirus Bonaparte
1925Microchirus Arambourg p. 98
1927Microchirus Arambourg p. 67
2002Microchirus Sepkoski
2006Microchirus Girone et al. p. 657

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—EuteleosteiRosen 1973
superorderAcanthopterygii
—Percomorpha
orderPleuronectiformes
suborderPleuronectoidei
familySoleidae
genusMicrochirusBonaparte 1833

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. Microchirus Bonaparte 1833
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†Microchirus abropteryx Sauvage 1870
Microchirus ocellatus Linnaeus 1758
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, Carroll 1988

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): 15.98 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Greece (Greneva) M. latior (222448)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy M. variegatus (78437)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria M. abropteryx (186585)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) M. bassanianus (113998)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) M. abropteryx (59256)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy M. abropterix (186575) M. sp. (210248) Rhombus abropteryx (185692)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) M. variegatus (207769)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy M. ocellatus (159140) M. variegatus (159288)