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Archosargus

Actinopteri - 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).

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
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (South Carolina) A. sp. (60444 224900)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) A. sp. (79793)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) A. probatocephalus (161374)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Virginia) A. sp. (152251)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Libya A. sp. (136597)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) A. probatocephalus (52582)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) A. probatocephalus (22712)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) A. probatocephalus (227368)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) A. probatocephalus (58089) A. sp. (20400)
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)