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Polypterus (bichir)

Cladistia - Polypteriformes - Polypteridae

Taxonomy
Polypterus was named by Lacépède (1803). It is extant.

It was assigned to Polypteridae by Otero et al. (2006), Sereno et al. (2008) and Otero et al. (2015).

Species
P. bichir, P. faraou
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. senegalus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Polypterus Lacépède
2006Polypterus Otero et al.
2008Polypterus Sereno et al.
2015Polypterus Otero et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classCladistia(Cope 1870)
orderPolypteriformes
familyPolypteridae
genusPolypterusLacépède 1803

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. Polypterus Lacépède 1803 [bichir]
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Polypterus bichir St Hilaire 1802 [Nile bichir]
Polypterus faraou Otero et al. 2006
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:35:28
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:35:28
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Holocene or 41.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Libya (Sirt) Polypterus sp. (175361 175362)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.3 - 33.9Libya Polypterus sp. (48077)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kenya Polypterus sp. (174672)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya (Nyanza) Polypterus sp. (92703)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Polypterus sp. (38060 57007)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Tunisia (Gafsa) Polypterus sp. (35279 35281)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Polypterus sp. (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Kenya Polypterus sp. (22236)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad Polypterus faraou (208695) Polypterus sp. (59839)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Polypterus sp. (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Kenya (Turkana District) Polypterus sp. (21332)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Polypterus sp. (22240 22338)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Polypterus sp. (22235 22239)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya Polypterus sp. (21531)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt Polypterus sp. (22592)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Polypterus sp. (21546)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya Polypterus sp. (21538)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Polypterus sp. (21398 21420 21446 21451 21497)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Polypterus sp. (21545)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Polypterus sp. (21370 21421 21442 21453 21456 21466 21499 21500 21513 21522 32051 32053)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Polypterus sp. (22098)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Polypterus indet. (32060) Polypterus sp. (21368 21414 21524 21526 21534 32085)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Polypterus senegalus (22066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Polypterus aethiopicus (208786) Polypterus sp. (21871)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger Polypterus sp. (83304 83305)