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Sardina

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)35462https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35462
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Clupeiformes : Clupeidae : Sardina
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
-Clupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
familyClupeoidei
familyClupeidaeBleeker 1859
genusSardinaAntipa 1905
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sardinagenusbelongs to Clupeiformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Sardinagenusbelongs to Clupeidaestated without evidenceGaudant et al., 2005
Sardinagenusbelongs to Clupeidaestated with evidenceGirone et al., 2006
Sardinagenusbelongs to Clupeidaestated without evidenceGaudant and Courme, 2014
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (50%)
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Clupeiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Clupeiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Sardina crassa
species
listed (PBDB)511.6 Ma
Miocene
7.25 Ma
Miocene
Sardina neeteodosciobanensis
species
listed (PBDB)
Sardina pilchardus
species
listed (PBDB)37.25 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1905Sardina Antipa
2002Sardina Sepkoski, Jr.
2005Sardina Gaudant et al. p. 690
2006Sardina Girone et al. p. 655
2014Sardina Gaudant and Courme p. 206

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Gaudant J., Tsaparas N., et al (2005) The Tortonian fish fauna of Gavdos Island (Greece), Comptes Rendus Palevol 4, 687-695 doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2005.08.003
Girone A., Nolf D., et al (2006) Pleistocene fish otoliths from the Mediterranean Basin: a synthesis, Geobios 39, 651-671
Gaudant J., Courme M.-D. (2014) A new Pliocene marine fish fauna from north-western Cyprus, with a micropalaeontological account, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 272 2, 205-212 doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0406
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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