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Chilomycterus schoepfi

Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae

Taxonomy
Diodon schoepfi was named by Walbaum (1792).

It was recombined as Chilomycterus schoepfi by Purdy et al. (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. schoepfii
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2006-07-31

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Diodon schoepfi Walbaum
2001Chilomycterus schoepfi Purdy et al. p. 187

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderTetraodontoidei
familyDiodontidaeBillberg 1833
genusChilomycterusBrisout de Barneville 1846
speciesschoepfi(Walbaum 1792)

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.

†Chilomycterus schoepfi Walbaum 1792
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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 21:45:45
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:45:45
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Calabrian or 5.33300 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Chilomycterus schoepfi (52582)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Chilomycterus schoepfi (188304)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Chilomycterus schoepfi (20400)