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Siluridae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	86286	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=86286

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Siluriformes : Siluridae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
superclass	Actinopterygii
class	Actinopteri
subclass	Neopterygii
-	Teleosteomorpha	Arratia et al. 2004
-	Teleostei
-	Osteoglossocephalai
-	Clupeocephala	Patterson and Rosen 1977
-	Otomorpha
-	Ostariophysi
-	Otophysa
superorder	Characiphysae
order	Siluriformes
suborder	Siluroidei	Frizzell and Dante 1965
family	Siluridae	Cuvier 1816

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Siluridae	family	belongs to Malacopteri	stated with evidence	Leidy, 1873
Siluridae	family	belongs to Actinopterygii	stated with evidence	Woodward, 1901
Siluridae	family	belongs to Nematognathi	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Siluridae	family	belongs to Ostariophysi	stated without evidence	Andrews, 1906
Siluridae	family	belongs to Nematognathi	stated without evidence	Lambe, 1908
Siluridae	family	belongs to Siluroidei	stated with evidence	Betancur-R et al., 2013

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

5 (23%)

First Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

freshwater (based on Siluriformes)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Siluriformes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Siluriformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. W. Andrews. 1906. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of Fayum, Egypt

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ameiurus genus	listed (PBDB)	2	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Amiurus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Pimelodus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	5	56.0 Ma Paleocene	13.8 Ma Miocene
Pseudeutropius ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Rhineastes genus	listed (PBDB)	4	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Silurus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	15	23.0 Ma Miocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1816	Siluridae Cuvier
1873	Siluridae Leidy p. 348
1901	Siluridae Woodward p. 324
1902	Siluridae Hay p. 382
1906	Siluridae Andrews p. 313
1908	Siluridae Lambe
1954	Ichthyophis muelleri Brunner
2013	Siluridae Betancur-R. et al.

References

Andrews C. W. (1906) , A Descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of Fayum, Egypt, 1-324

Leidy J. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories, Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1, 1-358

Woodward A. S. (1901) , Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV, 1-636

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Lambe L. M. (1908) The Vertebrata of the Oligocene of the Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan, Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 3 4, 1-65 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61444

Betancur-R. R., Broughton R. E., et al (2013) The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes, PLOS Currents Tree of Life doi:10.1371/currents.tol.53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288

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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