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Percichthyidae

Osteichthyes - Centrarchiformes - Percichthyidae

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by M. Carrano on 2005-04-20; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Percichthyidae Jordan and Eigenman
1963Percichthyidae Jordan p. 688
2004Percichthyidae Martinelli and Forasiepi p. 263
2013Percichthyidae Betancur et al.
2014Percichthyidae Bannikov p. 27
2014Percichthyidae Carnevale et al. p. 42
2015Percichthyidae Arratia p. 67
2016Percichthyidae Nelson et al. p. 442
2019Percichthyidae van der Laan p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderCentrarchiformes
suborderPercichthyoidei
familyPercichthyidaeJordan and Eigenman 1890
familyPercichthyidaeJordan and Eigenman 1890

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.

Fm. Percichthyidae Jordan and Eigenman 1890
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G. Cyclopoma Agassiz 1833
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Cyclopoma folmeri Weems 1999
Cyclopoma gigas Agassiz 1833
Cyclopoma spinosum Agassiz 1833
G. Macquaria Lesson 1825
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Macquaria antiquus Hills 1934
G. Percichthys Girard 1854
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Percichthys antiquus Woodward 1898
Percichthys hondoensis Schaeffer 1947
G. †Tretoperca Sytchevskaya 1986
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Tretoperca vestita Sytchevskaya 1986
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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the C29 to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 66.41000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Percichthyidae indet. (49557)
C2966.41 - 64.862Ukraine (Cherkasy Oblast) Tretoperca vestita (278939)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Bolivia (Mizque) Percichthys sp. (13501)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Cyclopoma gigas (94830)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Virginia) Cyclopoma folmeri (15595)
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) Percichthys hondoensis (49941)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Macquaria antiquus (28978)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Spain (Zamora) Percichthyidae indet. (41308)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Percichthyidae indet. (24237)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Percichthyidae indet. (152081 152085 152086)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina (Buenos Aires) Percichthys sp. (63335)