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Carapus

Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Carapidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Carapus Rafinesque
1965Carapus Frizzell and Dante p. 715
1978Carapus Schwarzhans p. 36
1979Carapus Steurbaut p. 64
1980Carapus Schwarzhans p. 144
1983Carapus Nolf and Steurbaut p. 172
1984Carapus Steurbaut p. 60
1985Carapus Schwarzhans p. 34
1998Carapus Stringer p. 150
2002Carapus Sepkoski
2006Carapus Girone et al. p. 656
2007Carapus Schwarzhans p. 315
2019Carapus Schwarzhans p. 171

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Ophidiimorpharia
orderOphidiiformesBerg 1937
familyCarapidaeJordan and Fowler 1902
genusCarapusRafinesque 1810

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. Carapus Rafinesque 1810
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Carapus acus Brünnich 1768
†Carapus alleni Schwarzhans 1985
†Carapus lisus Nolf 1971
†Carapus nuntius Koken 1891
†Carapus praecursor Schwarzhans 1980
†Carapus smithvillensis Frizzell and Dante 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: parasiteo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:30:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:30:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9France Jordanicus lisus (220174)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France C. novus (188957 188958)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Lower Saxony,) C. lisus (188954)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) C. smithvillensis (84146)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Texas) C. smithvillensis (84147 84148)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333New Zealand (South Island) Fierasfer nuntius (205843)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (South Australia) C. sp. (219159 219169) C. sp., C. alleni (219157)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) C. alleni (219569 219615) C. praecursor (219331) Echiodon praecursor (219570 219619)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) C. alleni, C. praecursor (219334) C. alleni, Echiodon praecursor (219580) C. praecursor (219336) Echiodon praecursor (219319 219577 219578 219581 219582 219584 219585)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (South Island) Echiodon praecursor (219586 219587 219588 219590 219591)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France C. nuntius (220042)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97New Zealand C. alleni (44898)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand C. praecursor (67900)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) C. alleni (219526) Echiodon praecursor (219524)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) C. alleni (219621) C. alleni, Echiodon praecursor (219341 219598) Echiodon praecursor (219318 219592 219593 219744)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (Southland) Fierasfer nuntius (85538)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (Lower Saxony) Fierasfer nuntius (161965)
Clifdenian15.9 - 13.65New Zealand (South Island) C. sp. (219275)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) C. acus (161993 161994 161995)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy C. acus (70491 78437) C. sp., C. acus (178120)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sicily) C. acus (223703)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) C. acus (207769)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica C. sp. (186673)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy (Bologna) C. sp. (186574)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece (Rhodes) C. acus (207579 207580)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) C. acus (207569)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy C. acus (159378)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy C. acus (159288)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) C. sp. (161932)