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Istiophorus

Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Istiophoridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Istiophorus Lacépède
1857Encheiziphius Rutimeyer p. 561 figs. not figured
1871Brachyrhynchus Van Beneden p. 495
1902Istiophorus Hay p. 402
1904Encheiziphius Palmer p. 795
1906Encheiziphius Leriche p. 347
1926Brachyrhynchus Leriche p. 442
1946Istiophorus Rapp p. 512
1987Istiophorus Schultz p. 166
2001Istiophorus Fierstine p. 29
2002Istiophorus Sepkoski
2006Istiophorus Fierstine p. 443
2012Istiophorus Fierstine et al. p. 154
2018Istiophorus Carnevale and Godfrey p. 194

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Carangimorpharia
Carangimorphariae
orderIstiophoriformes
familyIstiophoridae
genusIstiophorusLacépède 1802

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. Istiophorus Lacépède 1802
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Istiophorus antiquus Leidy 1855
Istiophorus parvulus Marsh 1869
Istiophorus platypterus Shaw and Nodder 1792
Invalid names: Brachyrhynchus Van Beneden 1871 [synonym], Encheiziphius Rutimeyer 1857 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 59.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Histiophorus homalorhamphus (3113)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (New Jersey) Xiphias antiquus (84050)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Brachyrhynchus sp. (41989 41992)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (New Jersey) Histiophorus parvulus (84022)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62USA (Virginia) I. sp. (105548)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) I. sp. (187324)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) I. platypterus (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6France Encheiziphius teretirostris (56693)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) I. platypterus (206459)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) I. albicans (188304)