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Siluridae

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Siluridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Siluridae Cuvier
1873Siluridae Leidy p. 348
1901Siluridae Woodward p. 324
1902Siluridae Hay p. 382
1906Siluridae Andrews p. 313
1908Siluridae Lambe
1954Ichthyophis muelleri Brunner
2013Siluridae Betancur et al.
2016Siluridae Nelson et al. p. 218

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
Otophysa
superorderCharaciphysae
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroidei
familySiluridaeCuvier 1816
familySiluridaeCuvier 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.

Fm. Siluridae Cuvier 1816
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G. Ameiurus Rafinesque 1820
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Ameiurus cancellatus Cope 1891
Ameiurus lavetti Lundberg 1975
Ameiurus maconnellii Cope 1891
G. †Amiurus Rafinesque
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Amiurus cancellatus Cope 1891
Amiurus maconnellii Cope 1891
G. †Pimelodus Lacepede
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Pimelodus antiquus Leidy 1873
Pimelodus gaudryi Leriche 1901
G. †Pseudeutropius Bleeker 1863
G. †Rhineastes Cope 1872
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Rhineastes arcuatus Cope 1873
Rhineastes calvus Cope 1873
Rhineastes pectinatus Cope 1874
Rhineastes peltatus Cope 1872
Rhineastes radulus Cope 1873
Rhineastes smithii Cope 1872
G. †Silurus Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Ichthyophis muelleri Brunner 1954 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:43:11
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:34:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 99.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Siluridae indet. (214404)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Bolivia (Cochabamba) Rhineastes sp. (12855)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Wyoming) Pimelodus antiquus (193357)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Niger (Tahoua) Siluridae indet. (75233)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Colorado) Rhineastes smithi, Rhineastes peltatus (16623)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.3 - 33.9Libya Siluridae indet. (48077)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Pimelodus gaudryi (149316)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Rhineastes rhaeas, Amiurus cancellatus, Amiurus maconnellii (101961)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France Pimelodus sp. (69805)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Spain (Castile-La Mancha) Siluridae indet. (136269)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Nevada) Ictalurus hazenensis (192110)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Ukraine Silurus sp. (75853)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Texas) Ameiurus sp. (18614)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Thailand Siluridae indet. (48126)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Pakistan (Balochistan) Siluridae indet. (77779 77780)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Pakistan (Balochistan) Siluridae indet. (69540)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Pimelodus sp. (90354)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Texas) Ameiurus sp. (18627)
Barstovian - Clarendonian15.97 - 10.3USA (Nebraska) Ameiurus sp. (230906)
Laventan13.8 - 11.8Colombia (Huila) Pimelodus sp. (186683)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Texas) Ameiurus sp. (18611 18645 207452)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Turkey (Yalova) Silurus sp. (184470)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) Silurus sp. (206345)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina (Entre Rios) Silurus agassizii (13626)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey Silurus serdicensis (56563)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ukraine Silurus glanis (187783)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) Silurus sp. (37789)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Silurus sp. (174455)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Moldova Silurus sp. (198590)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Silurus sp. (39409)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ukraine (Odessa) Silurus glanis (76502)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India (Panjab) Siluridae indet. (51104 51106)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Silurus sp. (199747)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Fejer) Siluridae indet. (35374)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ameiurus natalis, Ameiurus nebulosus (227368)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) Siluridae indet. (143885)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Turkmenistan Silurus sp. (40692 40695)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Turkmenistan Silurus sp. (40690)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Ameiurus sp. (85142)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Ameiurus natalis, Ameiurus nebulosus (227371)