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Archosargus probatocephalus

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Sparidae

Taxonomy
Sparus probatocephalus was named by Walbaum (1792).

It was recombined as Archosargus probatocephalus by Gill (1865) and Purdy et al. (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Sparus probatocephalus Walbaum
1865Archosargus probatocephalus Gill
2001Archosargus probatocephalus Purdy et al. p. 173

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
RankNameAuthor
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Percomorpharia
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
familySparidaeBonaparte 1832
genusArchosargusGill 1865
speciesprobatocephalus(Walbaum 1792)

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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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 21:38:14
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:38:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Clarendonian to the top of the Holocene or 12.50000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Archosargus probatocephalus (161374)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Archosargus probatocephalus (52582)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Archosargus probatocephalus (22712)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Archosargus probatocephalus (227368)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Archosargus probatocephalus (58089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Archosargus probatocephalus (20604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Archosargus probatocephalus (227371)