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Aphanopus

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae

Taxonomy
Aphanopus was named by Lowe (1839). It is extant.

It was assigned to Trichiuridae by Steurbaut (1984), Girone et al. (2006) and Carnevale (2007).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Aphanopus Lowe
1984Aphanopus Steurbaut p. 106
2006Aphanopus Girone et al. p. 657
2007Aphanopus Carnevale p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Scombrimorpharia
orderScombriformes
familyTrichiuridae
genusAphanopusLowe 1839

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. Aphanopus Lowe 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Calabrian or 11.62000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Italy A. sp. (185486)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy A. carbo (187504)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy A. carbo (159378)
Gelasian - Ionian2.588 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) A. carbo (207577)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy A. kokeni (159140)