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Aluterus (Leatherjacket)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Monacanthidae

Taxonomy
Aluterus was named by Cloquet (1816). It is extant.

It was assigned to Monacanthidae by Purdy et al. (2001), Matsuura (2015) and Hastings and Dooley (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Aluterus Cloquet
2001Aluterus Purdy et al. p. 185
2015Aluterus Matsuura
2017Aluterus Hastings and Dooley p. 83

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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
—Percomorpharia
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderBalistoidei
familyMonacanthidae
genusAluterusCloquet 1816

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. Aluterus Cloquet 1816 [Leatherjacket]
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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 21:45:45
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:45:45
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Aluterus sp. (48887)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Aluterus sp. (57700)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Aluterus sp. (212232)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Aluterus sp. (52582)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Peru Aluterus sp. (219106)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Peru (Ica) Aluterus sp. (219059 219104)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Aluterus sp. (188304)