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Astephus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)348172https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=348172
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Siluriformes : Ictaluridae : Astephus
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
superorderCharaciphysae
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroideiFrizzell and Dante 1965
familyIctaluridaeGill 1861
genusAstephusCope 1873
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Astephusgenusbelongs to Ictaluridaestated with evidenceDivay and Murray, 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance50.3 - 46.2 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance46.2 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene
Environmentfreshwater (based on Siluriformes)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Siluriformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Siluriformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. D. Divay and A. M. Murray. 2016. The fishes of the Farson Cutoff Fishbed, Bridger Formation (Eocene), greater Green River Basin, Wyoming, U. S. A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(6):e1212867

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1873Astephus Cope
2016Astephus Divay and Murray

References

Divay J. D., Murray A. M. (2016) The fishes of the Farson Cutoff Fishbed, Bridger Formation (Eocene), greater Green River Basin, Wyoming, U. S. A, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36 6, e1212867 doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1212867
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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