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Silurus

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Siluridae

Taxonomy
Silurus was named by Linnaeus (1758).

It was assigned to Siluridae by Woodward (1901).

Species lacking formal opinion data
S. serdicensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Silurus Linnaeus
1901Silurus Woodward p. 325

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
—Otophysa
superorderCharaciphysae
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroidei
familySiluridaeCuvier 1816
genusSilurusLinnaeus 1758

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. †Silurus 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: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:43:11
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:34:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 11 to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 8.70000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Ukraine S. sp. (75853)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Turkey (Yalova) S. sp. (184470)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) S. sp. (206345)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina (Entre Rios) S. agassizii (13626)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ukraine S. glanis (187783)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey S. serdicensis (56563)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) S. sp. (37789)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') S. sp. (174455)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Moldova S. sp. (198590)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ukraine (Odessa) S. glanis (76502)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') S. sp. (39409)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) S. sp. (199747)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Turkmenistan S. sp. (40692 40695)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Turkmenistan S. sp. (40690)