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Melamphaes

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)35803https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35803
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Beryciformes : Melamphaidae : Melamphaes
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
-Berycimorphaceae
orderBeryciformesRegan 1909
familyMelamphaidae
genusMelamphaesGuenther 1864
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Melamphaesgenusbelongs to Beryciformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Melamphaesgenusbelongs to Melamphaidaestated without evidenceLin et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (67%)
First Recorded Appearance47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Beryciformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Beryciformes)
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
Melamphaes acanthifer
species
listed (PBDB)347.8 Ma
Eocene
47.8 Ma
Eocene
Melamphaes polylepis
species
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1864Melamphaes Guenther
2002Melamphaes Sepkoski, Jr.
2017Melamphaes Lin et al. p. 891

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Lin C.-H., Nolf D., et al (2017) Fish otoliths from the Lutetian of the Aquitaine Basin (SW France), a breakthrough in the knowledge of the European Eocene ichthyofauna, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15 11, 879-907 doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1246112
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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