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Anaethalion ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)35313https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35313
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Elopiformes : Elopidae : Anaethalion
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
-Elopocephalai
-Elopocephala
-Elopomorpha
orderElopiformesSauvage 1875
familyElopidaeBonaparte 1846
genusAnaethalionWhite 1938
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Anaethaliongenusbelongs to Elopidaestated with evidenceForey, 1973
Anaethaliongenusbelongs to Elopiformesstated without evidenceArratia, 2000
Anaethaliongenusbelongs to Elopiformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance156 - 151 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance112 - 109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Elopiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Elopiformes)
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
Aethalion macrorhynchus ✝
species		listed (PBDB)1125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Anaethalion knorri ✝
species		listed (PBDB)
Anaethalion valdensis ✝
species		listed (PBDB)
Anaethalion zapporum ✝
species		listed (PBDB)1156 Ma
Jurassic		156 Ma
Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1842Aethalion Munster
1895Aethalion Woodward p. 518
1919Aethalion Woodward p. 125
1938Anaethalion White
1973Anaethalion Forey p. 35
2000Anaethalion Arratia p. 151
2002Anaethalion Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Woodward A. S. , Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part III, 1-544
Woodward A. S. (1919) The fossil fishes of the English Wealden and Purbeck Formations, Part III, Palaeontographical Society, London 1917, 105-148
Forey P. L. (1973) A revision of the elopiform fishes, fossil and recent, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Supplement 10, 1-222
Arratia G. (2000) Remarkable teleostean fishes from the Late Jurassic of southern Germany and their phylogenetic relationships, Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaften Reihe 3, 137-179
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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