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Elops

Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Elopidae

Taxonomy
Elops was named by Linnaeus (1766) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Elopidae.

It was assigned to Elopiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Elopidae by Woodward (1901), Casier (1966), Forey (1973) and Lin et al. (2017).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Elops Linnaeus p. 518
1901Elops Woodward p. 22
1966Elops Casier p. 131
1973Elops Forey p. 7
2002Elops Sepkoski
2017Elops Lin et al. p. 884

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Elopocephalai
Elopocephala
Elopomorpha()
orderElopiformesSauvage 1875
familyElopidaeBonaparte 1846
genusElops

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. Elops Linnaeus 1766
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Elops miiformis Lin et al. 2017
Elops undulatus Casier 1966
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 21:12:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:12:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Hauterivian to the top of the Holocene or 136.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 130.0 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0United Kingdom (England) E. neocomiensis (66421)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) E. sp. (13299)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) E. sp. (209370)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France E. miiformis (188958 188961) E. miriformis (188960)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) E. saurus (20604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands E. saurus (209855)