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Fundulus

Actinopteri - Cyprinodontiformes - Fundulidae

Taxonomy
Fundulus was named by Lacépède (1803). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cyprinodontidae by Miller (1945); and to Fundulidae by Hibbard and Dunkle (1942), Fierstine et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Fundulus Lacépède
1942Fundulus Hibbard and Dunkle
1945Fundulus Miller p. 315
2012Fundulus Fierstine et al. p. 88

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Ovalentariae
superorderAtherinomorphae()
orderCyprinodontiformesBertin 1958
suborderCyprinodontoidei
familyFundulidae
genusFundulusLacépède 1803

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. Fundulus Lacépède 1803
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†Fundulus curryi Miller 1945
†Fundulus davidae Miller 1945
†Fundulus detillae Hibbard and Dunkle 1942
†Fundulus eulepis Miller 1945
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 21:16:21
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:16:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 37.71000 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58USA (California) F. eulepis (204388)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (California) F. curryi (204522)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) F. sp. (18450)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Kansas) F. detillae (18342)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (California) F. davidae (204523)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) F. sp. (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) F. sp. (20604)