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Batrachoidaria

Osteichthyes

Discussion

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Taxonomy
Batrachoidaria is an unranked clade. It is extant.

It was assigned to Percomorphaceae by van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Batrachoidaria van der Laan p. 75

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Batrachoidaria
—Batrachoidaria

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.

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Or. Batrachoidiformes [toadfish]
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Fm. Batrachoididae Jordan 1896
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G. Batrachoides Lapepède 1800
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†Batrachoides didactylus Bloch-Schneider 1801
G. †Batrachoididarum Jordan and Evermann 1898
G. Chatrabus Smith 1949
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†Chatrabus weileri Schwarzhans 2013
G. †Louckaichthys Přikryl and Carnevale 2017
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†Louckaichthys novosadi Přikryl and Carnevale 2017
G. †Opsanus Rafinesque 1818
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†Opsanus tao Linnaeus 1766
G. Porichthys Girard 1854
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Porichthys myriaster Hubbs and Schultz 1939
Porichthys notatus Girard 1854 [plainfin midshipman]
G. †Zappaichthys Carnevale and Collette 2014
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†Zappaichthys harzhauseri Carnevale and Collette 2014
G. †Batrachoidiformorum Goodrich 1909
G. Perulibatrachus Roux and Whitley 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland Batrachoidiformorum sp. (22943)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Lower Saxony,) Batrachoididarum sp. (188954)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Batrachoididae indet. (188958)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Czechia Louckaichthys novosadi (219097)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Romania Batrachoididae indet. (219093)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India Batrachoididae indet. (230225)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria Zappaichthys harzhauseri (186861)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Gabon Chatrabus weileri (219363)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Porichthys sp. (145519 145520)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Batrachoides didactylus (59256)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Batrachoididae indet. (220507)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Porichthys margaritatus, Porichthys analis, Porichthys notatus (135043)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Opsanus tau (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Jamaica Porichthys sp. (186673)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Porichthys notatus, Porichthys myriaster (219849)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Opsanus sp. (22712)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Opsanus sp. (20402)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Porichthys notatus (84881 226584 276728)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Opsanus sp. (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Porichthys myriaster (226567) Porichthys notatus (190889 276729) Porichthys notatus, Porichthys myriaster (59063 85314 226585) Porichthys spp., Porichthys notatus, Porichthys myriaster (219031)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Opsanus sp. (57706 73485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Batrachoididae indet., Opsanus sp. (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Porichthys sp. (161932)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Porichthys notatus (276600)