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Palaeogadus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	35730	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35730

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Gadiformes : Merlucciidae : Palaeogadus

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
-	Euteleosteomorpha
-	Neoteleostei	Rosen 1973
-	Eurypterygia
-	Ctenosquamata
-	Acanthomorphata
-	Paracanthomorphacea
-	Zeiogadaria
-	Gadariae
order	Gadiformes	Goodrich 1909
suborder	Gadoidei
family	Merlucciidae	Gill 1884
genus	Palaeogadus	Von Rath 1859

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Palaeogadus	genus	belongs to Gadidae	stated without evidence	Danil'chenko, 1960
Palaeogadus	genus	belongs to Merlucciidae	stated without evidence	Casier, 1966
Palaeogadus	genus	belongs to Gadidae	stated without evidence	Jerzmanska, 1968
Palaeogadus	genus	belongs to Merlucciinae	stated without evidence	Gaemers, 1984
Palaeogadus	genus	belongs to Gadiformes	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Palaeogadus	genus	belongs to Merlucciidae	stated with evidence	Schwarzhans, 2003
Palaeogadus	genus	belongs to Merlucciidae	stated without evidence	Přikryl et al., 2016

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

61.6 - 59.2 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Gadiformes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Gadiformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (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

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Palaeogadus (Lotimorpha) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)	1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Nemopteryx kubacskai ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Palaeogadus compactus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Palaeogadus crassus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Palaeogadus intergerinus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Palaeogadus latebrosus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Palaeogadus nodosus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Palaeogadus ruisbroekensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Palaeogadus serratus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Palaeogadus sinangulatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	4	61.6 Ma Paleocene	61.6 Ma Paleocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1843	Nemopteryx Agassiz p. 176
1859	Palaeogadus Von Rath
1931	Nemopteryx Pauca p. 639
1938	Nemopteryx Weiler p. 26
1960	Palaeogadus Danil'chenko p. 56
1966	Palaeogadus Casier p. 426

Year	Name and Author
1968	Palaeogadus Jerzmanska p. 416
1984	Palaeogadus Gaemers p. 31
2002	Palaeogadus Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Palaeogadus Schwarzhans p. 52
2007	Palaeogadus Schwarzhans p. 312
2016	Palaeogadus P?ikryl et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Agassiz L. , Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (livr. 18). Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel, xxxii-188

Pauca M. (1931) Die fossile fauna und flora aus dem Oligozan von Suslanesti-Muscel in Rumanien, Anuarul Instiutului Geologic al Romaniei 16, 577-663

Weiler W. (1938) Neue Untersuchungen an Mitteloligozänen Fischen Ungarns, Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica 15, 1-31

Danil'chenko P. G. (1960) Bony fishes of the Maikop deposits of the Caucasus, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 78, 1-247

Casier E. (1966) , Faune ichthyologique du London Clay, 1-510

Jerzmanska A. (1968) Ichtyofaune des couches a ménilite (flysch des Karpathes), Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 13 3, 379-488

Gaemers P. A. M. (1984) Fish otoliths from the Bassevelde Sand (Late Tongrian) of Ruisbroek, Belgium, and the Stratigraphy of the Early Oligocene of Belgium, Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie 21 1, 13-57

Schwarzhans W. (2003) Fish otoliths from the Paleocene of Denmark, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 2, 1-94

Schwarzhans W. (2007) The otoliths from the middle Eocene of Osteroden near Bramsche, north-western Germany, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 244 3, 299-369 doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0244-0299

Přikryl T., Kania I., et al (2016) Synopsis of fossil fish fauna from the Hermanowa locality (Rupelian; Central Paratethys; Poland): current state of knowledge, Swiss Journal of Geoscience doi:10.1007/s00015-016-0216-5

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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