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Salvelinus

Actinopteri - Salmoniformes - Salmonidae

Taxonomy
Salvelinus was named by Richardson (1836) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Salmonidae by Wilson (1967); and to Salmoniformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
S. namaycush

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Salvelinus Richardson p. 169
1967Salvelinus Wilson p. 200
2002Salvelinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
superorderProtacanthopterygii
orderSalmoniformesBleeker 1859
familySalmonidaeCuvier 1816
genusSalvelinusRichardson 1836

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. Salvelinus Richardson 1836
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Salvelinus namaycush Walbaum 1792
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:40:35
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:40:35
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Emilia-Romagna) S. olivieroi (210236)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) S. namaycush (200325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland) S. alpinus (228844)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) S. alpinus, S. namaycush (228444) S. alpinus, S. sp., S. namaycush (228921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) S. alpinus (228756) S. alpinus, S. sp., S. namaycush (160848 228927) S. sp. (228928)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland S. alpinus (162014 226353 227728 227752 227754 227758 227816 227817 227826 227829 227870)