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Belone

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)35762https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35762
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Beloniformes : Belonidae : Belone
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
-Euteleosteomorpha
-NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
-Eurypterygia
-Ctenosquamata
-Acanthomorphata
-Euacanthomorphacea
-Percomorphaceae
-Carangimorpharia
-Ovalentariae
superorderAtherinomorphae
orderBeloniformes
suborderExocoetoidei
familyBelonidae
genusBeloneOken 1816
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Belonegenusbelongs to Belonidaestated without evidenceLeSueur, 1821
Belonegenusbelongs to Scomberesocidaestated without evidenceSauvage, 1873
Belonegenusbelongs to Beloniformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Belonegenusbelongs to Belonidaestated without evidenceCarnevale and Godfrey, 2018
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (33%)
First Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Beloniformes)
Dietomnivore (based on Beloniformes)
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
Belone acutirostris
species
listed (PBDB)17.25 Ma
Miocene
7.25 Ma
Miocene
Belone countermani
species
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1816Belone Oken p. 102
1821Belona LeSueur
1873Belone Sauvage p. 257
2002Belone Sepkoski, Jr.
2018Belone Carnevale and Godfrey p. 173

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Sauvage H. E. Memoire sur la faune ichthyologigue de la periode Tertiare et plus specialement sur les poissons fossiles d'Oran et de Licata, Annales des Sciences Geologiques 4, 1-272
Carnevale G., Godfrey S. J. (2018) Miocene Bony Fishes of the Calvert, Choptank, St. Marys, and Eastover Formations, Chesapeake Group, Maryland and Virginia, Smithsonian Contribution to Paleobiology, 161-212
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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