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Pesciarichthys ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	352157	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=352157

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Acanthuriformes : Acanthuridae : Pesciarichthys

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
-	Euacanthomorphacea
-	Percomorphaceae
-	Percomorpharia
order	Acanthuriformes
family	Acanthuridae
genus	Pesciarichthys	Blot and Tyler 1990

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pesciarichthys	genus	belongs to Acanthuridae	stated without evidence	Blot and Tyler, 1990
Pesciarichthys	genus	belongs to Acanthurinae	stated without evidence	Bannikov and Tyler, 2012
Pesciarichthys	genus	belongs to Acanthuridae	stated with evidence	Carnevale et al., 2014
Pesciarichthys	genus	belongs to Acanthuridae	stated without evidence	Bannikov, 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Acanthuridae)

Diet

grazer (based on Acanthuridae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Blot and J. C. Tyler. 1990. New genera and species of fossil surgeon fishes and their relatives (Acanturoidei, Teleostei) from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy, with application of the Blot formula to both fossil and recent forms. Studi e ricerche sui giacimenti terziari di Bolca 6:13-92

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pesciarichthys punctatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1990	Pesciarichthys Blot and Tyler p. 69
2012	Pesciarichthys Bannikov and Tyler p. 21
2014	Pesciarichthys Bannikov p. 29
2014	Pesciarichthys Carnevale et al. p. 44

References

Blot J., Tyler J. C. (1990) New genera and species of fossil surgeon fishes and their relatives (Acanturoidei, Teleostei) from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy, with application of the Blot formula to both fossil and recent forms, Studi e ricerche sui giacimenti terziari di Bolca 6, 13-92

Bannikov A. F., Tyler J. C. (2012) Redescription of the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy, surgeon fish Pesciarichthys punctatus (Perciformes, Acanthuridae), and a new genus Frigosorbinia, for P. baldwinae, Studi e Richerche sui Giacimenti Terziari di Bolca 14 2, 19-30

Bannikov A. F. (2014) The systematic composition of the Eocene actinopterygian fish fauna from Monte Bolca, northern Italy, as known to date, Studi e ricerche sui giacimenti terziari di Bolca, XV - Miscellanea paleontologica 12, 23-34

Carnevale G., Bannikov A. F., et al (2014) The Pesciara-Monte Postale Fossil-Lagerstätte: 2. Fishes and other vertebrates, Rendiconti della Società Paleontologica Italiana 4, 37-63

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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