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Albula
Taxonomy
Albula was named by Gronow (1763) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant R Sepkoski's reference number: 915
also used by Scopoli 1777]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Albulidae.
It was assigned to Anguilliformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Albulidae by Woodward (1901), Casier (1946), Casier (1966), Estes (1969), Applegate (1970), Forey (1973), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Nolf and Dockery (1990), Weems (1998), Stringer (1998), Weems (1999), Maisch et al. (2016) and Schwarzhans (2019); and to Albulinae by Ebersole et al. (2019) and Cicimurri et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Anguilliformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Albulidae by Woodward (1901), Casier (1946), Casier (1966), Estes (1969), Applegate (1970), Forey (1973), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Nolf and Dockery (1990), Weems (1998), Stringer (1998), Weems (1999), Maisch et al. (2016) and Schwarzhans (2019); and to Albulinae by Ebersole et al. (2019) and Cicimurri et al. (2022).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1763 | Albula Gronow |
| 1901 | Albula Woodward p. 60 |
| 1946 | Albula Casier p. 122 |
| 1966 | Albula Casier p. 133 |
| 1969 | Albula Estes pp. 8-9 |
| 1970 | Albula Applegate p. 412 |
| 1973 | Albula Forey p. 153 |
| 1981 | Albula Thurmond and Jones p. 93 |
| 1988 | Albula Case and Schwimmer p. 299 |
| 1990 | Albula Nolf and Dockery III p. 3 |
| 1998 | Albula Stringer p. 150 |
| 1998 | Albula Weems p. 149 |
| 1999 | Albula Weems p. 57 |
| 2002 | Albula Sepkoski |
| 2016 | Albula Maisch et al. p. 7 |
| 2019 | Albula Ebersole et al. p. 161 |
| 2019 | Albula Schwarzhans p. 24 |
| 2022 | Albula Cicimurri et al. |
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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.
G. Albula Gronow 1763
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†Albula bashiana Frizzell 1965
†Albula dorsalis Priem 1914
†Albula dunklei Applegate 1970
†Albula eppsi White and Frost 1931
†Albula lapidosa Nessov 1985
†Albula oweni Agassiz 1844
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Holocene or 93.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (46 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian | Uzbekistan (Navoi) | A. lapidosa (58168 58179) | |
| Santonian | USA (Alabama) | A. dunklei (81928) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Alabama) | A. dunklei (82047 82054) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian | USA (Georgia) | A. sp. (35289) | |
| Campanian | USA (Georgia) | A. sp. (70720) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | A. sp. (57918 128412) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | A. sp. (79363) | |
| Selandian | USA (Alabama) | A. bashiana (87817) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (South Carolina) | A. oweni (152240) | |
| Ypresian | Belgium | A. oweni (219001 219004 219005 219006) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | A. oweni (13299) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | A. eppsi, A. oweni (209524) A. sp., A. eppsi, A. oweni (81179) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Virginia) | A. eppsi, A. oweni (15595) | |
| Waipawan - Mangaorapan | New Zealand (South Island) | A. sp. (219497) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Mississippi) | A. eppsi, A. oweni (164192) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Texas) | A. sp. (209370 209371) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | A. eppsi (209521 209522) A. oweni (81238) A. sp. (13346 209368) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | A. oweni (41992 41998) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | A. eppsi, A. oweni (81266) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | A. sp. (61249) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Louisiana) | A. sp. (3534) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Louisiana) | A. sp. (75638) | |
| Rupelian | USA (South Carolina) | A. sp. (60444 224900) | |
| Chattian | France | A. dorsalis (219194) | |
| Burdigalian | France | A. dorsalis (219196) | |
| Langhian | USA (Virginia) | A. sp. (79793) | |
| Langhian | France | A. dorsalis (219197) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | A. sp. (126605 187324) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Virginia) | A. sp. (152251) | |
| Pliocene | Jamaica | A. sp. (186673) | |
| Holocene | Turks and Caicos Islands | A. vulpes (209855) |