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Scomberomorus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	36186	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36186

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Scombriformes : Scombridae : Scomberomorus

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
-	Scombrimorpharia
order	Scombriformes
family	Scombridae
subfamily	Scombrinae	Rafinesque-Schmaltz 1815
tribe	Scomberomorini	Starks 1910
genus	Scomberomorus	Lacépède 1802

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Scomberomorus	genus	belongs to Scomberomorinae	stated without evidence	Starks, 1910
Scomberomorus	genus	belongs to Scomberoidei	stated without evidence	Weems, 1999
Scomberomorus	genus	belongs to Scomberomorini	stated without evidence	Collette et al., 2001
Scomberomorus	genus	belongs to Perciformes	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Scomberomorus	genus	belongs to Scomberomorinae	stated without evidence	Monsch, 2004

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

18 (78%)

First Recorded Appearance

59.2 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Acanthomorphata)

Diet

omnivore (based on Acanthomorphata)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (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

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Scomberomorus avitus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	59.2 Ma Paleocene	59.2 Ma Paleocene
Scomberomorus bleekeri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	55.8 Ma Eocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Scomberomorus brasilensis species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Scomberomorus cavalla species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Scomberomorus commerson species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Scomberomorus concolor species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Scomberomorus guttatus species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Scomberomorus koreanus species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Scomberomorus lineolatus species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Scomberomorus maculatus species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Scomberomorus multiradiatus species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Scomberomorus niphonius species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Scomberomorus plumieri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Scomberomorus plurilineatus species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Scomberomorus priscus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Scomberomorus queenslandicus species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Scomberomorus regalis species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Scomberomorus saevus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	41.3 Ma Eocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Scomberomorus semifasciatus species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Scomberomorus sierra species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Scomberomorus sinensis species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Scomberomorus tritor species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1802	Scomberomorus Lacépède
1910	Scomberomorus Starks p. 80
1977	Scomberomorus Klawe p. 1
1999	Scomberomorus Weems p. 67
2001	Scomberomorus Collette et al. p. 2
2002	Scomberomorus Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Scomberomorus Monsch p. 452
2011	Scomberomorus Monsch and Bannikov p. 286
2019	Scomberomorus Ebersole et al. p. 175

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Starks E. C. (1910) The Osteology and mutual relationships of the fishes belonging to the Family Scombridae, Journal of Morphology 21 1, 77-99

Weems R. E. (1999) Part 4. Actinopterygian Fishes from the Fisher/Sullivan Site, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 152, 53-100

Collette B. B., Reeb C., et al (2001) Systematics of the tunas and mackerels (Scombridae), Fish Physiology: Tuna 19, 1-33

Monsch K. A. (2004) Revision of the scombroid fishes from the Cenozoic of England, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 95, 445-489 doi:10.1017/S0263593300001164

Monsch K. A., Bannikov A. F. (2011) New taxonomic synopses and revision of the scombroid fishes (Scombroidei, Perciformes), including billfishes, from the Cenozoic of territories of the former USSR, Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 102 4, 253-300 doi:10.1017/S1755691011010085

Ebersole J. A., Cicimurri D. J., et al (2019) Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths, European Journal of Taxonomy 585, 1-274 doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.585

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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