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Aphanius (nono)

Actinopteri - Cyprinodontiformes - Cyprinodontidae

Taxonomy
Aphanius was named by Nardo (1827). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cyprinodontidae by Van der Land et al. (2001), Vasilyan et al. (2009) and Argyriou (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Aphanius Nardo pp. 22-40
2001Aphanius Van der Land et al. pp. 357-374
2009Aphanius Vasilyan et al. p. 513
2022Aphanius Argyriou p. 113

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Ovalentariae
superorderAtherinomorphae()
orderCyprinodontiformesBertin 1958
suborderCyprinodontoidei
familyCyprinodontidae
genusAphaniusNardo 1827

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. Aphanius Nardo 1827 [nono]
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†Aphanius crassicaudus Agassiz 1839
†Aphanius yerevanicus Vasilyan et al. 2009
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 21:16:21
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:16:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Gelasian or 7.24600 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Armenia (Kotayk) Aphanius yerevanicus (219043)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Italy (Cuneo) Aphanius crassicaudus (175903)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Aphanius crassicaudus (210672 210673 210674)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Aphanius crassicaudus (210236)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Aphanius crassicaudus (222139)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Crete) Aphanius crassicaudus (207362 207363)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Aphanius crassicaudus (113998)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Aphanius crassicaudatus (210229) Aphanius crassicaudus (186577 210230 210231 210232 210233 210234 210235 210237 210239 210241 210242 210243 210244 210245 210246 210247 210248 210250 210252 210253 220507)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Aphanius crassicaudus (144566)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece (Rhodes) Aphanius sp. (207579)