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Cobitoidei

Osteichthyes - Cypriniformes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Cobitoidea Swainson
2016Cobitoidea Nelson et al. p. 186
2019Cobitoidei van der Laan p. 65

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
—Otophysa
orderCypriniformesBleeker 1859
suborderCobitoidei(Swainson 1838)
suborderCobitoidei(Swainson 1838)

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.

Subor. Cobitoidei Swainson 1838
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Fm. Catostomidae Agassiz 1850
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G. Carpiodes Rafinesque 1820
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Carpiodes cyprinus LeSueur 1817
G. †Chasmistes Jordan 1878
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†Chasmistes cujus Cope 1883
Subfm. †Ictiobinae Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2006
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G. †Ictiobus Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2006
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†Ictiobus aguilerai Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2006
G. †Xyrauchen Eigenmann and Kirsch 1889
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Xyrauchen texanus Abbott 1860
Invalid names: Catostomini [empty], Cycleptinae Nelson et al. 2016 [empty], Erimyzontini Nelson et al. 2016 [empty], Moxostomatini [empty], Myxocyprininae [empty], Thoburniini [empty]
Fm. Cobitidae Swainson 1838
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G. Cobitis Linnaeus 1758
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†Cobitis centrochir Agassiz 1832
†Cobitis cephalotes Agassiz 1832
†Cobitis primigenius Böhme 2008
Invalid names: Acanthopsis Agassiz 1832 [synonym]
Fm. †Jianghanichthyidae Liu et al. 2015
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G. †Jianghanichthys Lei 1987
Invalid names: Balitoridae [empty], Barbuccidae Kottelat 2012 [empty], Botiidae [empty], Ellopostomatidae [empty], Gastromyzontidae [empty], Gyrinocheilidae [empty], Nemacheilidae [empty], Serpenticobitidae [empty], Vaillantellidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:40:14
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:02
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Uintan to the top of the Holocene or 45.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 39.7 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene56.0 - 27.3USA (Oregon) Catostomidae indet. (227073)
Early/Lower Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (Colorado) Catostomidae indet. (16623)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Utah) Catostomidae indet. (16877)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Guangxi) Cobitis nanningensis (228111 228112)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Bavaria) Cobitis primigenius (84364)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Ictiobus sp. (18450)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Türkiye (Yalova) Cobitis sp. (184470)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Cobitidae indet. (186577)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Chasmistes sp. (234659)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Hidalgo) Ictiobus aguilerai (133341)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ukraine (Odessa) Cobitis nordmanni (76502)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Oregon) Catostomidae Catostomus X Chasmistes sp. cf. Chasmistes "batrachops", Chasmistes "batrachops" (226540) Catostomidae indet. (234595)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Catostomus sp. (276416) Catostomus sp., Chasmistes sp. (234663) Chasmistes cujus (276415) Chasmistes sp. (234661)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4Mexico (Hidalgo) Ictiobus sp. (18753)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Catostomus sp., Chasmistes sp. (234637)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Nevada) Catostomidae indet. (276411) Catostomidae indet., Chasmistes sp. (276410) Catostomus sp. (276413) Catostomus sp., Catostomidae indet., Chasmistes sp. (276414) Catostomus sp., Chasmistes sp. (276412)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) Catostomidae indet. (20387 20431) Catostomus occidentalis (20327)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (South Dakota) Catostomus sp. (20389)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Catostomus commersoni (20165)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Michigan) Catostomidae indet. (70130)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Sonora) Catostomidae indet. (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Catostomidae indet. (124089) Catostomus sp., Catostomidae indet. (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Ictiobus sp. (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Catostomus commersoni (63223) Catostomus commersonii, Catostomus catostomus (200325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Catostomus sp., Catostomus commersonii, Catostomus catostomus, Carpiodes cyprinus (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Catostomus catostomus (228921)