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Acipenser (sturgeon)

Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Acipenser Linnaeus p. 237
1790Acipenses Linck
1873Acipenser Leidy p. 350
1895Acipenser Woodward p. 43
1902Acipenser Hay p. 371
1907Acipenser Jordan p. 121
1942Acipenser Leriche p. 90
1964Acipenser Estes p. 20
1966Acipenser Casier p. 103
1969Acipenser Estes p. 3
1976Acipenser Estes p. 502
1996Acipenser Grande and Bemis p. 111 fig. 11
1997Acipenser Nessov p. 159
1999Acipenser Weems p. 53
2001Acipenser Purdy et al. p. 161
2002Acipenser Sepkoski
2006Acipenser Grande and Hilton p. 2
2015Acipenser Welton p. 9
2017Acipenser Hastings and Dooley p. 83
2022Acipenser Hilton and Grande

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderAcipenseriformesBerg 1940
familyAcipenseridaeBonaparte 1831
genusAcipenser

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. Acipenser Linnaeus 1758 [sturgeon]
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†Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902
†Acipenser amnisinferos Hilton and Grande 2022
Acipenser brevirostrum Leseuer 1818 [shortnose sturgeon]
†Acipenser eruciferus Cope 1876
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Invalid names: Ceratodus hieroglyphus Cope 1876 [synonym]
Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque 1817 [lake sturgeon]
†Acipenser gigantissimus Nessov 1997
†Acipenser molassicus Probst 1882
†Acipenser ornatus Leidy 1873
†Acipenser oxyrhynchus Mitchell 1814
†Acipenser praeparatorum Hilton and Grande 2022
†Acipenser toliapicus Agassiz 1844
†Acipenser tuberculosus Probst 1882
Invalid names: Acipenses Linck 1790 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:46:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:46:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (103 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Acipenser sp. (14455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Acipenser eruciferus (36449 36541)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Acipenser albertensis (22695 22696 22697 22698 34302 34303 34305 34307 34309 34310 34311 34312 34313 34315 34319 34321 34322 45238 45262 47807 47814 47816) Acipenser sp. (36264 98674)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Acipenser albertensis (47794) Acipenser sp. (47809)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Acipenser sp. (14437)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Acipenser sp. (14462 14490)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) Acipenser sp. (229975)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Acipenser amnisinferos, Acipenser praeparatorum (227364)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Montana) Acipenser sp. (85498 85499)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Acipenser eruciferus (14519 14538 14557 14566 14577) Acipenser sp. (14514)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Acipenser eruciferus (14582) Acipenser sp. (14508 14512 14548 14549 14613)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Acipenser sp. (14537)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Acipenser sp. (14610)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Russian Federation (Volgograd) Acipenser gigantissimus (142788)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Acipenser eruciferus (14585) Acipenser sp. (45843)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Acipenser albertensis (224484) Acipenser sp. (45390)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Acipenser sp. (45099 45109 45111 45122 45133 45144 45145)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Acipenser eruciferus (13142)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene70.6 - 61.7USA (New Jersey) Acipenser albertensis (26819)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Acipenser sp. (14766 123518)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (North Dakota) Acipenser sp. (14962)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Acipenser sp. (14874)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (North Dakota) Acipenser sp. (14931)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Acipenser sp. (38868) Acipenser toliapicus (13299)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) Acipenser sp. (15595)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Acipenser toliapicus (41888 41989 41992 41998)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk) Acipenser sp. (175920)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Acipenser sp. (18284)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Acipenser ornatus (79793)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Acipenser sp. (71795)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene15.97 - 0.781Netherlands Acipenser sturio (189573)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Acipenser ornatus (187324) Acipenser sp. (57700 71806)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark (Jutland) Acipenser sp. (34521)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium Acipenser sp. (217346)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Acipenser sp. (24237)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Netherlands Acipenser sturio (53889)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ukraine Acipenser gueldenstaedtii (187783)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Moldova Acipenser sp. (198590)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Acipenser oxyrhynchus (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Acipenser sp. (39409)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands Acipenser sturio (189574)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (California) Acipenser sp. (67490)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Acipenser sp. (58421 77754)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Oregon) Acipenser medirostris (222408 222409)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Acipenser oxyrhinchus (188304)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Acipenser medirostris (155393)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Acipenser baerii (171637)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Acipenser fulvescens (224189) Acipenser sp. (51005)