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Sprattus

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Taxonomy
Sprattus was named by Girgensohn (1846). It is extant.

It was assigned to Clupeinae by Steurbaut (1984) and Schwarzhans (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Sprattus Girgensohn
1984Sprattus Steurbaut p. 42
2019Sprattus Schwarzhans p. 100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Clupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
familyClupeoidei(Bleeker 1859)
familyClupeidaeCuvier 1817
subfamilyClupeinaeCuvier 1817
genusSprattusGirgensohn 1846

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. Sprattus Girgensohn 1846
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Sprattus antipoda Hector 1872
†Sprattus arewhana Schwarzhans 2019
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Otaian to the top of the Mangapanian or 21.70000 to 2.40000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 19.0 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (South Island) S. arewhana (219591)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) S. nitidus (219318 219598 219599 219744)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy S. sp. (220507)
Opoitian - Mangapanian5.333 - 2.4New Zealand (North Island) S. antipodum (219628)