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Valenciennellus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)35551https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35551
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Stomiatiformes : Sternoptychidae : Valenciennellus
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
-Stomiatii
orderStomiatiformes
suborderGonostomatoidei
familySternoptychidaeGill 1863
genusValenciennellusJordan and Evermann 1895
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Valenciennellusgenusbelongs to Sternoptychidaestated without evidenceStringer, 1998
Valenciennellusgenusbelongs to Stomiiformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Valenciennellusgenusbelongs to Sternopthychidaestated with evidenceGirone et al., 2006
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Environmentoceanic,marine (based on Sternoptychidae)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Sternoptychidae)
Visionwell-developed (based on Sternoptychidae)
Dietcarnivore (based on Sternoptychidae)
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
Valenciennellus tripunculatus
species
listed (PBDB)12.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1895Valenciennellus Jordan and Evermann
1998Valenciennellus Stringer p. 150
2002Valenciennellus Sepkoski, Jr.
2006Valenciennellus Girone et al. p. 655

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Stringer G. L. (1998) Otolith-based fishes form the Bowden Shell Bed (Pliocene) of Jamaica: Systematics and Palaeoecology, Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 35 1-4, 147-160
Girone A., Nolf D., et al (2006) Pleistocene fish otoliths from the Mediterranean Basin: a synthesis, Geobios 39, 651-671
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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