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Zanteclites

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)354959https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=354959
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Atheriniformes : Atherinopsidae : Zanteclites
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
-Percomorphaceae
-Carangimorpharia
-Ovalentariae
superorderAtherinomorphae
orderAtheriniformesRosen 1966
familyAtherinopsidae
genusZanteclitesJordan and Gilbert 1919
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Zanteclitesgenusbelongs to Atherinidaestated without evidenceJordan and Gilbert, 1919
Zanteclitesgenusbelongs to Atherinopsidaestated without evidenceFierstine et al., 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance23.0 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Acanthomorphata)
Dietomnivore (based on Acanthomorphata)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert. 1919. Fossil Fishes of the Miocene (Monterey) Formations. Leland Stanford Junior University Publications, University Series

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Zanteclites hubbsi
species
listed (PBDB)223.0 Ma
Miocene
23.0 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1919Zanteclites Jordan and Gilbert p. 39
1925Zanteclites Jordan p. 44
2012Zanteclites Fierstine et al. p. 82

References

Jordan D. S., Gilbert J. Z. (1919) Fossil Fishes of the Miocene (Monterey) Formations, Leland Stanford Junior University Publications, University Series, 13-60
Jordan D. S. (1925) The fossil fishes of the Miocene of Southern California, Stanford University Publications. University Series 4 1, 1-51
Fierstine H. L., Huddleston R. W., et al (2012) Catalog of the Neogene bony fishes of California: A ystematic inventory of all published accounts, Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 159, 1-206
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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