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Coregonidae

Coregonidae

Taxonomy
Coregonidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Salmonoidei by Jordan (1963); and to Osteichthyes by Wilson (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Coregonidae Jordan p. 624
1967Coregonidae Wilson p. 201

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
familyCoregonidae
familyCoregonidae

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. †Beckius David 1946
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Beckius plicatus David 1946
G. Coregonus Linnaeus 1758
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Coregonus clupeaformis Mitchill 1818
G. †Parastenodus David 1946
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Parastenodus gillensis David 1946
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 48.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.6 - 33.9USA (California) Beckius plicatus (191015) Parastenodus gillensis (191002 191006)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Coregonus clupeaformis (200325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Coregonus autumnalis, Coregonus sardinella, Coregonus nasus, Coregonus sp., Coregonus clupeaformis (228921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Coregonus sp. (171637)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Yukon) Coregonus sp. (228443)