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Gempylidae

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Gempylidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Gempylidae Gill
1943Gempylidae David p. 29
1960Gempylidae Danil'chenko p. 146
1963Gempylidae Jordan p. 680
1966Gempylidae Casier p. 250
1980Gempylidae Danil'chenko p. 149
2003Gempylidae Schwarzhans p. 86
2004Gempylinae Monsch p. 449
2006Gempylidae Carnevale p. 393
2013Gempylidae Betancur et al.
2013Gempylidae Miya et al. p. 9
2016Gempylidae Nelson et al. p. 415

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Scombrimorpharia
orderScombriformes
familyGempylidaeGill 1862
familyGempylidaeGill 1862

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. Gempylidae Gill 1862
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G. †Abadzekhia Bannikov 1985
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Abadzekhia marinae Bannikov 1985
Abadzekhia tarletskovi Bannikov 2005
G. †Chelifichthys Carnevale 2006
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Chelifichthys goujeti Carnevale 2006
G. Diplospinus Maul 1948
G. †Gempylidarum Unknown
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Gempylidarum merus Schwarzhans 2003
G. †Nealotus Johnson 1865
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Nealotus tripes Johnson 1865
G. †Progempylus Casier 1966
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Progempylus edwardsi Casier 1966
G. †Thyrsites Lesson 1831
G. Thyrsitoides Fowler 1929
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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: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy (Verona) Thyrsitoides sp. (190957)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Progempylus edwardsi (13299)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Russian Federation (Adygeia) Abadzekhia marinae (186470)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Gempylidae indet., Abadzekhia tarletskovi, Thyrsitoides sp., Abadzekhia mariae (68021)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Georgia Abadzekhia tarletskovi (186469)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Romania Thyrsitoides zarathoustrae (113962)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Nealotus tripes (187506)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Chelifichthys goujeti (186585)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Chile Thyrsites atun (215543)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Thyrsites atun (181846 181847)