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Catostomus

Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Catostomidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Catostomus Woodward p. 299
1902Catostomus Hay p. 394
1986Catostomus Holman et al.
2012Catostomus Fierstine et al. p. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
Otophysa
superorderCyprinae
orderCypriniformesBleeker 1859
familyCatostomidae
genusCatostomus

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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Catostomus catostomus Forster 1773
Catostomus commersonnii Lacépède 1803
Catostomus cristatus Cope 1883
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:40:14
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:02
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.3 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) C. sp. (20389)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) C. commersoni (20165)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) C. occidentalis (20327)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) C. sp. (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) C. commersoni (63223) C. commersonii, C. catostomus (200325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) C. catostomus (228921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) C. sp., C. commersonii, C. catostomus (224189)