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Acanthuridae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	266344	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=266344

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Acanthuriformes : Acanthuridae

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
-	Percomorpharia
order	Acanthuriformes
family	Acanthuridae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Acanthuridae	family	belongs to Acanthuriformes	stated without evidence	Jordan, 1963
Acanthuridae	family	belongs to Acanthuroidei	stated without evidence	Bannikov and Tyler, 2012
Acanthuridae	family	belongs to Acanthuriformes	stated with evidence	Betancur-R et al., 2013
Acanthuridae	family	belongs to Acanthuroidei	stated without evidence	Bannikov, 2014

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

11 (18%)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Acanthuridae)

Diet

grazer (based on Acanthuridae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. Betancur-R., R. E. Broughton, and E. O. Wiley, K. Carpenter, J. A. López, C. Li, N. I. Holcroft, D. Arcila, M. Sanciangco, J. C. Cureton, F. Zhang, T. Buser, M. A. Campbell, J. A. Ballesteros, A. Roa-Varon, S. Willis, W. C. Borden, T. Rowley, P. C. Reneau, G. Lu, T. Grande, G. Arratia, G. 2013. The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes. PLOS Currents Tree of Life

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Acanthurinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)	1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Nasinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)	1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Acanthuroides ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Acanthurus genus	listed (PBDB)	4	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Ctenochaetus genus	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Eonaso ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Eorandallius ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	4	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Frigosorbinia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Gazolaichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Lehmanichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Marosichthys genus	listed (PBDB)	1	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Metacanthurus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Metaspisurus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Naseus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Naso genus	listed (PBDB)	5	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Padovathurus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Paracanthurus genus	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Pesciarichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Prionurus genus	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Proacanthurus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	8	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Protozebrasoma ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Sorbinithurus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Tauichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	3	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Tylerichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	4	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Zebrasoma genus	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1963	Acanthuridae Jordan p. 707
2012	Acanthuridae Bannikov and Tyler p. 21
2013	Acanthuridae Betancur-R. et al.
2014	Acanthuridae Bannikov p. 29

References

Betancur-R. R., Broughton R. E., et al (2013) The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes, PLOS Currents Tree of Life doi:10.1371/currents.tol.53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288

Jordan D. S. (1963) The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes, Stanford University Press, 1-816

Bannikov A. F., Tyler J. C. (2012) Redescription of the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy, surgeon fish Pesciarichthys punctatus (Perciformes, Acanthuridae), and a new genus Frigosorbinia, for P. baldwinae, Studi e Richerche sui Giacimenti Terziari di Bolca 14 2, 19-30

Bannikov A. F. (2014) The systematic composition of the Eocene actinopterygian fish fauna from Monte Bolca, northern Italy, as known to date, Studi e ricerche sui giacimenti terziari di Bolca, XV - Miscellanea paleontologica 12, 23-34

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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