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Pterothrissus

Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae

Taxonomy

Pterothrissus was named by Hilgendorf (1877) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant. Its type is Pterothrissus gissu.

It was assigned to Pterothrissinae by Steurbaut (1982) and Steurbaut (1984); to Anguilliformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Pterothrissidae by Stinton (1957), Casier (1966), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Gaemers (1984), Schwarzhans (1985), Nolf and Dockery (1990), Nolf and Dockery (1993), Cvancara and Hoganson (1993), Schwarzhans (2004), Schwarzhans (2007), Schwarzhans and Bratischko (2011), Schwarzhans (2013), Schwarzhans et al. (2017) and Schwarzhans (2019); and to Albulidae by Steurbaut (1979) and Agiadi et al. (2020).

Species

P. angulatus, P. compactus, P. gissu (type species), P. issus, P. pervetustus, P. umbonatus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1877	Pterothrissus Hilgendorf p. 127
1957	Pterothrissus Stinton p. 82
1966	Pterothrissus Casier p. 419
1979	Pterothrissus Steurbaut p. 53
1982	Pterothrissus Steurbaut p. 37
1983	Pterothrissus Nolf and Steurbaut p. 148
1984	Pterothrissus Gaemers p. 25
1984	Pterothrissus Steurbaut p. 32
1985	Pterothrissus Schwarzhans p. 12
1990	Pterothrissus Nolf and Dockery III p. 5
1993	Pterothrissus Cvancara and Hoganson p. 13
1993	Pterothrissus Nolf and Dockery p. 27
2002	Pterothrissus Sepkoski
2004	Pterothrissus Schwarzhans p. 7
2007	Pterothrissus Schwarzhans p. 302
2011	Pterothrissus Schwarzhans and Bratischko p. 87
2013	Pterothrissus Schwarzhans p. 155
2017	Pterothrissus Schwarzhans et al. p. 7
2019	Pterothrissus Schwarzhans p. 24
2020	Pterothrissus Agiadi et al. p. 775

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
superclass	Actinopterygii	()
class	Actinopteri	()

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Neopterygii	(Regan 1923)
—	Teleosteomorpha
—	Teleostei	(Müller 1846)
—	Elopocephalai
—	Elopocephala
—	Elopomorpha	()
order	Albuliformes	Greenwood et al. 1966
family	Albulidae	Bleeker 1859
genus	Pterothrissus	Hilgendorf 1877

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. Pterothrissus Hilgendorf 1877

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Pterothrissus angulatus Casier 1966

†Pterothrissus compactus Schwarzhans 1891

†Pterothrissus gissu Hilgendorf 1977

†Pterothrissus issus Hilgendorf 1877

†Pterothrissus pervetustus Stinton 1957

†Pterothrissus umbonatus Koken 1884

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

marinesubp

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Created:

2004-08-17 14:52:40

Modified:

2009-07-20 23:50:42

Source: c = class, subp = subphylum

Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Zanclean or 61.60000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.2 Ma

Collections (37 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Selandian	61.6 - 59.2	USA (Alabama)	P. sp. (87817)
Selandian - Thanetian	61.6 - 56.0	Ukraine	P. sp. (159509)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	USA (Texas)	P. truncatus (84337)
Mangaorapan - Heretaungan	53.0 - 46.2	New Zealand (South Island)	P. angulatus (219500 219501)
Heretaungan	49.5 - 46.2	New Zealand (South Island)	P. angulatus (219498)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (Louisiana)	P. sp. (209378)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (Texas)	P. umbonatus (209370)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Germany (Lower Saxony,)	P. umbonatus (188954)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	United Kingdom (England)	P. cristatus (41996 41998) P. protensis (41992)
Middle Eocene	47.8 - 37.71	United Kingdom (England)	P. bartonensis (3265)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene	47.8 - 33.9	Australia (South Australia)	P. sp. (219147)
Bortonian	42.6 - 39.1	New Zealand (South Island)	P. sp. (205332) P. sp., P. angulatus (219322)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	United Kingdom (England)	Otolithus umbonatus (42636)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Australia (South Australia)	P. sp. (219164 219166)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Germany	P. umbonatus (46096 95898)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Japan (Saga)	P. sp. (204551)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Belgium	P. umbonatus (188930)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.03	Australia (Victoria)	P. pervetustus (122348)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Australia (Victoria)	P. pervetustus (48647 174152)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	France	P. umbonatus (152695)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Hungary	P. umbonatus (184477)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)	P. robustus, P. umbonatus (32012)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	France	P. sp. (220043) P. umbonatus (219196)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	France	P. umbonatus (219197)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Japan (Aichi)	P. sp. (161449)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.62	Kazakhstan	P. sp. (174760)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Italy	P. umbonatus (178120)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Greece (Peloponnese)	P. compactus (207769)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	USA (North Carolina)	P. sp. (52582)