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Batrachoididae
Taxonomy
Batrachoididae was named by Jordan (1896) [Sometimes attributed to Jordan (1835)]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Haplodoci by Jordan (1963); and to Batrachoidiformes by Přikryl et al. (1977), Schwarzhans (2007), Kiessling (2009), Fierstine et al. (2012), Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018), van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Haplodoci by Jordan (1963); and to Batrachoidiformes by Přikryl et al. (1977), Schwarzhans (2007), Kiessling (2009), Fierstine et al. (2012), Betancur et al. (2013), Nelson et al. (2016), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018), van der Laan (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1896 | Batrachoididae Jordan |
| 1963 | Batrachoididae Jordan p. 738 |
| 1977 | Batrachoididae Přikryl et al. p. 242 |
| 2007 | Batrachoididae Schwarzhans p. 331 |
| 2009 | Batrachoididae Kiessling |
| 2012 | Batrachoididae Fierstine et al. p. 77 |
| 2013 | Batrachoididae Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Batrachoididae Nelson et al. p. 320 |
| 2018 | Batrachoididae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 171 |
| 2019 | Batrachoididae van der Laan p. 75 |
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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. Batrachoididae Jordan 1896
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G. †Batrachoididarum Jordan and Evermann 1898
G. †Louckaichthys Přikryl and Carnevale 2017
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†Louckaichthys novosadi Přikryl and Carnevale 2017
G. Porichthys Girard 1854
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Porichthys myriaster Hubbs and Schultz 1939
Porichthys notatus Girard 1854
Porichthys pedemontanus Robba 1970
G. †Zappaichthys Carnevale and Collette 2014
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†Zappaichthys harzhauseri Carnevale and Collette 2014
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 48.07000 to 0.01400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma
Collections (36 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutetian | Germany (Lower Saxony,) | Batrachoididarum sp. (188954) | |
| Rupelian | Czechia | Louckaichthys novosadi (219097) | |
| Oligocene | Romania | Batrachoididae indet. (219093) | |
| Miocene | India | Batrachoididae indet. (230225) | |
| Langhian | Austria | Zappaichthys harzhauseri (186861) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Gabon | Chatrabus weileri (219363) | |
| Tortonian | Italy | Diaphus pedemontanus (78437 178120 187503 187507) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | Diaphus pedemontanus (219220 219222) Porichthys sp. (145519 145520) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | Diaphus pedemontanus (219219) | |
| Messinian | Italy | Batrachoididae indet. (220507) Diaphus pedemontanus (220504) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | Diaphus pedemontanus (172914 172916 199860 220503) | |
| Messinian | Greece (Zakynthos) | Diaphus pedemontanus (207583) | |
| Messinian | Algeria (Oran) | Batrachoides didactylus (59256) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Ecuador (Esmeraldas) | Porichthys margaritatus, Porichthys analis, Porichthys notatus (135043) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Opsanus tau (52582) | |
| Pliocene | Jamaica | Porichthys sp. (186673) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (Florida) | Opsanus sp. (22712) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Porichthys notatus, Porichthys myriaster (219849) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Opsanus sp. (20440) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Porichthys notatus, Porichthys myriaster (85314) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Porichthys notalus (190889) Porichthys notatus, Porichthys myriaster (59063) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | Batrachoididae indet., Opsanus sp. (20604) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Opsanus sp. (57706 73485) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Louisiana) | Porichthys sp. (161932) |