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Tarsichthys ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)269581https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=269581
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Cypriniformes : Cyprinidae : Tarsichthys
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassNeopterygii
-TeleosteomorphaArratia et al. 2004
-Teleostei
-Osteoglossocephalai
-ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
-Otomorpha
-Ostariophysi
-Otophysa
superorderCyprinae
orderCypriniformesBleeker 1859
familyCyprinidaeBonaparte 1832
subfamilyTincinae
genusTarsichthysTroschel 1854
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Tarsichthyssubgenusbelongs to Leuciscusstated without evidenceTroschel, 1854
Tarsichthysgenusbelongs to Cyprinidaestated with evidenceGaudant, 1988
Tarsichthysgenusbelongs to Tincinaestated with evidenceBöhme, 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentfreshwater (based on Cypriniformes)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cypriniformes)
Dietomnivore (based on Cypriniformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. G. Troschel. 1854. Ueber die fossilen Fische aus der Braunkohle des Siebengebirges. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereines der preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 11:1-28

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Tarsichthys macrurus ✝
species		listed (PBDB)328.4 Ma
Oligocene		28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1854Leuciscus (Tarsichthys) Troschel p. 10 figs. 2, 3 pl. I
1988Tarsichthys Gaudant p. 833
2008Tarsichthys Böhme p. 163

References

Troschel F. G. Ueber die fossilen Fische aus der Braunkohle des Siebengebirges, Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereines der preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 11, 1-28
Gaudant J. (1988) Mise au point sur lichthyofaune oligocène de Rott, Stösschen et Orsberg (Allemagne) [A rectification of the oligocene fish-fauna from Rott, Stösschen and Orsberg(Germany)], Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Paris, Série II 306, 831-834
Böhme M. (2008) Ectothermic vertebrates (Teleostei, Allocaudata, Urodela, Anura, Testudines, Choristodera, Crocodylia, Squamata) from the Upper Oligocene of Oberleichtersbach (Northern Bavaria, Germany), Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 260, 161-183
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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