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Cyprinus

Osteichthyes - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae

Taxonomy
Cyprinus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cyprinidae by Woodward (1901), Lee (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data
C. carpio, C. maomingensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cyprinus Linnaeus p. 320
1901Cyprinus Woodward p. 300
2004Cyprinus Lee

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
—Otophysa
orderCypriniformesBleeker 1859
suborderCyprinoidei
familyCyprinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCyprinus

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. Cyprinus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:40:14
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:02
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71China (Guangdong) C. maomingensis (167230)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9China (Guangdong) C. maomingensis (144065)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333South Korea (Gangwon-do) C. sp. (137129)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Jiangsu) C. sp. (41813 43400)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246China (Yunnan) C. sp. (11798)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58China (Shensi) C. sp. (34506)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan C. sp. (193662)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom C. carpio (34981)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bulgaria C. carpio (232847)