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Ganolytes

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Taxonomy
Ganolytes was named by Jordan (1919) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 915].

It was assigned to Pholidophoridae by Jordan (1919) and Jordan and Gilbert (1919); to Ganolytidae by Jordan (1921); to Clupeiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Clupeidae by David (1943) and Fierstine et al. (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Ganolytes Jordan p. 6
1919Ganolytes Jordan and Gilbert p. 23
1921Ganolytes Jordan p. 241
1924Diradias Jordan p. 42 figs. Plate F
1925Diradias Jordan p. 8
1943Ganolytes David p. 3
2002Ganolytes Sepkoski
2012Ganolytes Fierstine et al. p. 22

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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
genusGanolytes

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. †Ganolytes Jordan 1919
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†Ganolytes aphrasta Jordan 1925
†Ganolytes aratus Jordan 1924
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Invalid names: Diradias fenestralis Jordan 1925 [synonym]
†Ganolytes cameo Jordan 1919
†Ganolytes clepsydra Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Invalid names: Diradias Jordan 1924 [synonym]
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: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Clarendonian or 23.03000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) G. cameo (186008)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) G. cameo (186006) G. clepsydra (186021)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) G. cameo (84331)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Diradias aratus, Xenothrissa aphrasta (45489)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) G. cameo (185670 185673 186660)