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Engraulidae

Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Engraulidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Engraulidae Jordan p. 622
1982Engraulidae Grande p. 22
1992Engraulidae Nolf and Bajpai p. 197
2012Engraulidae Fierstine et al. p. 15
2013Engraulidae Betancur et al.
2016Engraulidae Nelson et al. p. 167

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
superorderClupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
suborderClupeoidei(Bleeker 1859)
familyEngraulidae
familyEngraulidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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G. Engraulis Cuvier 1817
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Engraulis encrasicolus Linnaeus 1758
Engraulis mordax Girard 1845 [Californian anchovy]
G. †Engraulites Jordan and Gilbert 1925
G. Stolephorus Lacépède 1803
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†Stolephorus favonius Schwarzhans 2013
Invalid names: Coilinae [empty], Engraulinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:03:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:03:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Holocene or 41.03000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Indonesia (Java) Engraulidae indet. (202252)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Peru Engraulis sp. (98346)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India Engraulidae indet. (230225)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Gabon Stolephorus favonius (219361)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Engraulis sp. (145523)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Taiwan (Taiwan) Engraulis japonicus (237152) Engraulis japonicus, Stolephorus sp. (237150 237151)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Engraulis encrasicholus (210256 210257) Engraulis sp. (210255)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Jamaica Engraulidae indet. (186673)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Italy Engraulis encrasicholus (145678)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Engraulis mordax (219849)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy Engraulis encrasicholus (145683 210258)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Italy Engraulis encrasicholus (57058)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy (Bologna) Engraulis encrasicholus (186574)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greece (Rhodes) Engraulis encrasicolus (207580)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Engraulis encrasicolus (207569)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Engraulis mordax (84881 226584 276728)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Engraulis encrasicolus (207568 207570)
Haweran - Holocene0.34 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) Engraulis australis (219640)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Engraulis mordax (59063 190889 219031 226585)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Kanagawa) Engraulis japonica (276069 276071)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Engraulis sp. (161932)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Engraulis mordax (276600)