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Archosargus

Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Sparidae

Taxonomy
Archosargus was named by Gill (1865).

It was assigned to Perciformes by Morgan and Portell (1996); to Sparoidei by Purdy et al. (2001); and to Sparidae by Cicimurri et al. (2022).

Species
A. probatocephalus
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. cinctus, A. rhomboidalis
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2006-01-17; modified by M. Uhen on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Archosargus Gill
1996Archosargus Morgan and Portell p. 10
2001Archosargus Purdy et al. p. 173
2022Archosargus Cicimurri et al.

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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
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
familySparidaeBonaparte 1832
genusArchosargusGill 1865

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. †Archosargus Gill 1865
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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 21:38:14
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:38:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (South Carolina) A. sp. (60444 224900)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Virginia) A. sp. (79793)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) A. probatocephalus (161374)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Virginia) A. sp. (152251)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain A. cinctus (276710 276711 276712 276713 276714 276715 276716 276717 276718 276719 276720 276721 276722)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) A. probatocephalus (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Libya A. sp. (136597)
Pliocene - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (Florida) A. sp. (242028)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) A. probatocephalus (22712)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) A. probatocephalus (227368)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) A. probatocephalus (20402) A. sp. (20400)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) A. probatocephalus (58089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) A. probatocephalus (20604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) A. probatocephalus (227371)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands A. sp., A. rhomboidalis (209855)