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Forfex ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4853527https://www.gbif.org/species/4853527
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)354947https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=354947
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Beloniformes : Forficidae : Forfex
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Beloniformes : Forficidae : Forfex
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
superorderAtherinomorphae
orderBeloniformes
familyForficidaeJordan and Gilbert 1919
genusForfexJordan & Gilbert 1919
Scientific NameForfex Jordan & Gilbert, 1919
Name Published InStanford Univ. Publ., 1919
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Forfexgenusbelongs to Forficidaestated without evidenceJordan and Gilbert, 1919
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance23.0 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Beloniformes)
Dietomnivore (based on Beloniformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert. 1919. Fossil Fishes of the Miocene (Monterey) Formations. Leland Stanford Junior University Publications, University Series

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Forfex hypuralis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		123.0 Ma
Miocene		23.0 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1919Forfex Jordan and Gilbert p. 36
2012Forfex Fierstine et al. p. 87

References

Jordan D. S., Gilbert J. Z. (1919) Fossil Fishes of the Miocene (Monterey) Formations, Leland Stanford Junior University Publications, University Series, 13-60
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
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
original work (title/other) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Stanford Univ. Publ., 1919 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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