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Portheus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)63721https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=63721
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Clupeiformes : Chirocentridae : Portheus
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
-Clupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
familyClupeoidei
familyChirocentridaeCuvier and Valenciennes 1846
genusPortheusCope 1871
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Portheusgenusbelongs to Chirocentridaestated with evidenceWoodward, 1901
Portheusgenusbelongs to Ichthyodectinaestated without evidenceHay, 1902
Portheusgenusbelongs to Ichthyodectiformesstated without evidenceCione and Cozzuol, 1990
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)9
First Recorded Appearance89.8 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Clupeiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Clupeiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. D. Cope. 1871. [A brief account of the expedition of seventeen days, which I have just made in the valley of the Smoky Hill river in Kansas]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12(86):174-176

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Portheus brachygnathus
species
listed (PBDB)
Portheus daviesi
species
listed (PBDB)
Portheus gaultinus
species
listed (PBDB)
Portheus jaxarticus
species
listed (PBDB)189.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
89.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Portheus lestrio
species
listed (PBDB)
Portheus lowii
species
listed (PBDB)
Portheus mantelli
species
listed (PBDB)
Portheus mudgei
species
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1871Portheus Cope p. 175
1901Portheus Woodward p. 92
1902Portheus Hay p. 383
1990Portheus Cione and Cozzuol p. 452

References

Cope E. D. [A brief account of the expedition of seventeen days, which I have just made in the valley of the Smoky Hill river in Kansas], Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12 86, 174-176
Woodward A. S. (1901) , Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV, 1-636
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Cione A. L., Cozzuol M. A. (1990) Reidentification of Portheus patagonicus Ameghino, 1901, a supposed fish from the Middle Tertiary of Patagonia as a delphinoid cetacean, Journal of Paleontology 64 3, 451-453
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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