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Eriquius

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)36030https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36030
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Embiotocidae : Eriquius
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
familyEmbiotocidae
genusEriquiusJordan 1924
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Eriquiusgenusbelongs to Sparidaestated without evidenceJordan, 1924
Eriquiusgenusbelongs to Sparidaestated without evidenceJordan, 1925
Eriquiusgenusbelongs to Embiotocidaestated without evidenceDavid, 1943
Eriquiusgenusbelongs to Perciformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Eriquiusgenusbelongs to Embiotocidaestated without evidenceFierstine et al., 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance11.6 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance11.6 - 7.2 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. 1924. Description of Miocene fishes from Southern California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 23(2):42-50

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Eriquius plectrodes
species
listed (PBDB)111.6 Ma
Miocene
11.6 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1924Eriquius Jordan p. 44 figs. Plate H
1925Eriquius Jordan p. 30
1943Eriquius David p. 143
2002Eriquius Sepkoski, Jr.
2012Eriquius Fierstine et al. p. 134

References

Jordan D. S. (1924) Description of Miocene fishes from Southern California, Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 23 2, 42-50
Jordan D. S. (1925) The fossil fishes of the Miocene of Southern California, Stanford University Publications. University Series 4 1, 1-51
David L. R. (1943) Miocene Fishes of Southern California, Geological Society of America Special Paper 43, 1-187
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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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