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Belonidae

Actinopteri - Beloniformes - Belonidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Belonidae Arambourg p. 93
1963Belonidae Jordan p. 660
1993Belonidae Domning and Clark p. 413
2013Belonidae Betancur et al.
2016Belonidae Nelson et al. p. 368
2018Belonidae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 173

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Ovalentariae
superorderAtherinomorphae()
orderBeloniformes
suborderExocoetoidei
familyBelonidae
familyBelonidae

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.

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G. Belone Oken 1816
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†Belone acutirostris Sauvage 1870
†Belone countermani de Sant'Anna et al. 2013
G. †Belonidarum Unknown
G. Platybelone Fowler 1919
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Platybelone argalus LeSueur 1821
G. Scomberesox Lacépède 1803
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†Scomberesox acutillus Jordan and Gilbert 1919
†Scomberesox edwardsi Jordan and Gilbert 1919
†Scomberesox licatae Sauvage 1880
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 20:57:04
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:57:04
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 38.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Belone sp. (32925 75638)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Scomberesox acutillus (186021)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) Scomberesox edwardsi (185673 185680)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Belone sp. (186576 210640) Xiphias acutirostris, Belone acutirostris, Scomberesox licatae (185692)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Scomberesox licatae (59256)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Sicile) Belone sp. (210669)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Scomberesox licatae (186583)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Belone belone (210256)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Belonidae indet. (186673) Platybelone argalus (34539)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Italy Belone sp. (145680)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Belonidae indet. (22712)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece Belone sp. (51511)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece (Crete) Belone sp. (207357) Belone sp., Scomberesox sp. (207303)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy Belone belone (210258) Belone sp. (145683)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Italy Belone belone (57058)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Belonidae indet. (194995)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Belonidae indet. (209855)