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Arius

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Arius Cuvier and Valenciennes
1926Arius White p. 54
1942Arius Leriche p. 91
1946Arius Casier p. 131
1958Arius Casier p. 22
1975Arius Sahni and Mishra p. 11
1983Arius Nolf and Steurbaut p. 150
1984Arius Steurbaut p. 44
1993Otolithus (Arius) Cvancara and Hoganson p. 15
1999Arius Weems p. 60
2002Arius Sepkoski
2004Arius Schwarzhans p. 7
2011Arius Schwarzhans and Bratischko p. 87
2013Arius Schwarzhans p. 156
2017Arius Schwarzhans and Miàn p. 66

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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
familyAriidaeBerg 1958
genusAriusCuvier and Valenciennes 1840

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. Arius Cuvier and Valenciennes 1840
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Arius africanus Frost 1926
Arius amekiensis Frost 1926
Arius angulatus Frost 1926
Arius crassus Koken 1884
Arius danicus Koken 1891
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Invalid names: Arius rotundus Roedel 1930 [synonym]
Arius germanicus Koken 1891
Arius hewardbelli White 1926
Arius kitsoni White 1926
Arius russi White 1926
Arius rutschi Casier 1958
Arius subtilis Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011
Arius tenuis Frost 1925
Arius vangionis Koken 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:44:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:44:03
Source: f = family, o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 72.10000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) A. sp. (60397)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland A. danicus (22943)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark A. danicus (159792 159793 159794 159795)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Ukraine A. danicus, A. subtilis (159509)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium A. sp. (219001)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) A. sp. (15595)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Kachchh) A. kutchensis (45583)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) A. egertoni (41989 41998)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria A. kitsoni, A. hewardbelli, Otolithus africanus, Otolithus angulatus, Otolithus amekiensis (60711) A. russi (77257 187560)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Barbados A. rutschi (221164 221165 221166 221168)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Kutch) A. kutchensis (45590 45591)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) A. sp. (209370 209371)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Lower Saxony,) A. sp. (188954)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Texas) A. sp. (16542)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) A. sp. (61249)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) A. egertoni (42639) Otolithus sp. B, Otolithus sp. C, Otolithus parvus, Otolithus danicus, Otolithus crassus (42636)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Nigeria A. kitsoni, A. hewardbelli, A. africanus, A. angulatus, A. amekiensis (32905)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0India (Gujarat) A. sp. (48074)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Barbados A. rutschi (220738)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) A. sp. (16549)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) A. sp. (75638)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) A. egertoni (42640)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) A. sp. (65162 112591)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) A. keesleri (118106)
Neogene23.03 - 2.588Indonesia (Aceh) A. tenuis (223640)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) A. sp. (161993)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama A. sp. (145524)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) A. sp. (145530)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela A. couma, A. dowii, A. herzbergii, A. kessleri, A. quadriscutis, A. rugispinis (92751)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad A. gigas (24181)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Costa Rica (Puntarenas) A. sp. (144596)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) A. felis (22712)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) A. felis (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) A. felis (20604)