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Micropogonias

Osteichthyes - Sciaenidae

Taxonomy
Micropogonias was named by Bonaparte (1831). It is extant.

It was assigned to Sciaenoidei by Fitch and Lavenberg (1983); and to Sciaenidae by Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2006-07-07; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Micropogonias Bonaparte
1983Micropogonias Fitch and Lavenberg p. 513
2018Micropogonias Carnevale and Godfrey p. 180

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
Percomorpharia
familySciaenidae(Cuvier 1828)
genusMicropogoniasBonaparte 1831

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. Micropogonias Bonaparte 1831
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela M. coatesi (92751)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) M. sp. (52582)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) M. sp. (22712)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) M. undulatus (20402)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grand do Sul) M. furnieri (211308)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) M. undulatus (161932)