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Qarmoutus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)364632https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=364632
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Siluriformes : Ariidae : Qarmoutus
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
-Otomorpha
-Ostariophysi
-Otophysa
superorderCharaciphysae
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroideiFrizzell and Dante 1965
familyAriidaeBerg 1958
genusQarmoutusEl-Sayed et al. 2017
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Qarmoutusgenusbelongs to Ariidaestated with evidenceEl-Sayed et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentmarine,brackish,freshwater (based on Ariidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Siluriformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Siluriformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. E. El-Sayed, M. A. Kora, and H. M. Sallam, K. M. Claeson, E. R. Seiffert, M. S. Antar . 2017. A new genus and species of marine catfishes (Siluriformes; Ariidae) from the upper Eocene Birket Qarun Formation, Wadi El-Hitan, Egypt. PLoS ONE 12(e0172409):1-42

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Qarmoutus hitanensis
species
listed (PBDB)137.2 Ma
Eocene
37.2 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2017Qarmoutus El-Sayed et al.

References

El-Sayed S. E., Kora M. A., et al (2017) A new genus and species of marine catfishes (Siluriformes; Ariidae) from the upper Eocene Birket Qarun Formation, Wadi El-Hitan, Egypt, PLoS ONE 12 e0172409, 1-42 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172409
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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