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Sciaena

Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Sciaena Linnaeus p. 288
1980Sciaena Danil'chenko p. 134
1984Sciaena Steurbaut p. 95
2002Sciaena Sepkoski
2017Sciaena Szabo et al.
2019Sciaena Ebersole et al. p. 213

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
Percomorpharia
orderAcanthuriformes
suborderSciaenoideiCuvier 1828
familySciaenidaeCuvier 1828
genusSciaena

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. Sciaena Linnaeus 1758
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Sciaena amplus Koken 1891
Sciaena bathytatos Chao and Miller 1975
Sciaena holsatica Koken 1891
Sciaena impropria Gabelaia 1976
Sciaena irregularis Koken 1884
Sciaena kirchbergensis Koken 1891
Sciaena knyrkoi Danil'chenko 1980
Sciaena meridionalis Koken 1891
Sciaena obtusus Koken 1891
Sciaena pecchioli Lawley 1876
Sciaena pimenovae Bogatsov 1955
Sciaena simplex Frost 1926
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 Lutetian to the top of the Tortonian or 47.80000 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (Louisiana) S. psuedoradians (164390)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria Otolithus simplex (60711)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Nigeria S. simplex (32905)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) S. pseudoradians (3534)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) S. umbra (32925)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Louisiana) S. psuedoradians (164391)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary S. sp. (184477)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) S. elongata, S. sp., S. irregularis (32012)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Hungary (Esztergom) S. sp. (186636)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) S. sp. (118106)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (Lower Saxony) S. obtusa (161965)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Romania S. sp. (222591)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) S. rybnicensis, S. irregularis (161993)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark (Jutland) S. holsatica (34521)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Germany S. holsatica (223566)