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Oncorhynchus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)35518https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35518
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Salmoniformes : Salmonidae : Oncorhynchus
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
superorderProtacanthopterygiiGreenwood et al. 1966
orderSalmoniformesBleeker 1859
familySalmonidae
genusOncorhynchusSuckley 1860
Common NamePacific salmon
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Oncorhynchusgenusbelongs to Salmonidaestated without evidenceJordan, 1907
Oncorhynchusgenusbelongs to Salmoniformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Oncorhynchusgenusbelongs to Salmonidaestated with evidenceFierstine et al., 2012
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (67%)
First Recorded Appearance11.6 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Salmoniformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Salmoniformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Oncorhynchus lacustris
species
listed (PBDB)
Oncorhynchus rastrosus
species
listed (PBDB)211.6 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1860Oncorhynchus Suckley p. 312
1907Oncorhynchus Jordan p. 137
2002Oncorhynchus Sepkoski, Jr.
2012Oncorhynchus Fierstine et al. p. 42

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Jordan D. S. (1907) The fossil fishes of California, with supplementary notes on other species of extinct fishes, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5 7, 95-144
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
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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