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Zeoidei

Osteichthyes - Zeiformes

Taxonomy
Zeoidei was named as an order. It is extant.

It was reranked as the suborder Zeoidei by van der Laan (2019).

It was assigned to Acanthopterygii by Jordan (1963); and to Zeiformes by van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Zeoidei Jordan p. 671
2019Zeoidei van der Laan p. 72

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Paracanthopterygii()
orderZeiformesRegan 1909
suborderZeoidei
suborderZeoidei

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. Zeoidei
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Fm. Parazenidae McAllister 1968
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G. †Isozen Schwarzhans 2010
Invalid names: Isozenidae Schwarzhans 1996 [synonym]
Fm. Zeidae Rafinesque 1815
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G. Zenopsis Gill 1862
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Zenopsis clarus Danil'chenko 1960
Zenopsis hornesi Gorjanovic-Kramberger 1891
Zenopsis nebulosus Schlegel 1847
Zenopsis tyleri Baciu and Bannikov 2001
G. Zeus Linnaeus 1758
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Zeus faber Linnaeus 1758
Zeus jerzmanskae Baciu et al. 2005
Zeus licatae Sauvage 1870
Zeus primaevus Scarabelli 1859
Zeus priscus Agassiz 1834
Invalid names: Grammicolepididae [empty], Oreosomatidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:00
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:00
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Gelasian or 33.90000 to 1.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation (Adygeia) Zenopsis clarus (105572)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Poland Zeus jerzmanskae (186633)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Czechia Zenopsis clarus (125331)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Poland (Subcarpathian Voivodeship) Zeus jerzmanskae (210157)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Zeus faber (59256)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Zeus faber (186585)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Zeus faber (210248) Zeus licatae (185692) Zeus primaevus (186577 210251)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Italy Zeus faber (57058)