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Arius
Taxonomy
Arius was named by Cuvier and Valenciennes (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes-l R]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Otolithus (Arius) by Cvancara and Hoganson (1993).
It was assigned to Siluridae by Leriche (1942); to Otolithus by Cvancara and Hoganson (1993); to Siluriformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ariidae by White (1926), Casier (1946), Casier (1958), Sahni and Mishra (1975), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Steurbaut (1984), Weems (1999), Schwarzhans (2004), Schwarzhans and Bratischko (2011), Schwarzhans (2013) and Schwarzhans and Miàn (2017).
It was reranked as Otolithus (Arius) by Cvancara and Hoganson (1993).
It was assigned to Siluridae by Leriche (1942); to Otolithus by Cvancara and Hoganson (1993); to Siluriformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ariidae by White (1926), Casier (1946), Casier (1958), Sahni and Mishra (1975), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Steurbaut (1984), Weems (1999), Schwarzhans (2004), Schwarzhans and Bratischko (2011), Schwarzhans (2013) and Schwarzhans and Miàn (2017).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1840 | Arius Cuvier and Valenciennes |
1926 | Arius White p. 54 |
1942 | Arius Leriche p. 91 |
1946 | Arius Casier p. 131 |
1958 | Arius Casier p. 22 |
1975 | Arius Sahni and Mishra p. 11 |
1983 | Arius Nolf and Steurbaut p. 150 |
1984 | Arius Steurbaut p. 44 |
1993 | Otolithus (Arius) Cvancara and Hoganson p. 15 |
1999 | Arius Weems p. 60 |
2002 | Arius Sepkoski |
2004 | Arius Schwarzhans p. 7 |
2011 | Arius Schwarzhans and Bratischko p. 87 |
2013 | Arius Schwarzhans p. 156 |
2017 | Arius Schwarzhans and Miàn p. 66 |
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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. Arius Cuvier and Valenciennes 1840
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†Arius africanus Frost 1926
†Arius amekiensis Frost 1926
†Arius angulatus Frost 1926
†Arius crassus Koken 1884
†Arius germanicus Koken 1891
†Arius hewardbelli White 1926
†Arius kitsoni White 1926
†Arius russi White 1926
†Arius rutschi Casier 1958
†Arius subtilis Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011
†Arius tenuis Frost 1925
†Arius vangionis Koken 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 72.10000 to 0.01200 Ma
Collections (47 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Maastrichtian | India (Maharashtra) | A. sp. (60397) | |
Danian | Greenland | A. danicus (22943) | |
Selandian | Denmark | A. danicus (159792 159793 159794 159795) | |
Selandian - Thanetian | Ukraine | A. danicus, A. subtilis (159509) | |
Ypresian | Belgium | A. sp. (219001) | |
Wasatchian | USA (Virginia) | A. sp. (15595) | |
Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | A. egertoni (41989 41998) | |
Lutetian | India (Kachchh) | A. kutchensis (45583) | |
Lutetian | USA (Texas) | A. sp. (209370 209371) | |
Lutetian | India (Kutch) | A. kutchensis (45590 45591) | |
Lutetian | Barbados | A. rutschi (221164 221165 221166 221168) | |
Lutetian | Nigeria | A. kitsoni, A. hewardbelli, Otolithus africanus, Otolithus angulatus, Otolithus amekiensis (60711) A. russi (77257 187560) | |
Lutetian | Germany (Lower Saxony,) | A. sp. (188954) | |
Late/Upper Uintan | USA (Texas) | A. sp. (16542) | |
Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | A. sp. (61249) | |
Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | A. egertoni (42639) Otolithus sp. B, Otolithus sp. C, Otolithus parvus, Otolithus danicus, Otolithus crassus (42636) | |
Bartonian | Nigeria | A. kitsoni, A. hewardbelli, A. africanus, A. angulatus, A. amekiensis (32905) | |
Bartonian | India (Gujarat) | A. sp. (48074) | |
Priabonian | USA (Louisiana) | A. sp. (75638) | |
Priabonian | Barbados | A. rutschi (220738) | |
Priabonian | USA (Arkansas) | A. sp. (16549) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | A. egertoni (42640) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil (Para) | A. sp. (65162 112591) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Venezuela (Paraguana) | A. keesleri (118106) | |
Neogene | Indonesia (Aceh) | A. tenuis (223640) | |
Badenian | Czech Republic (Mikulov) | A. sp. (161993) | |
Tortonian | Panama | A. sp. (145524) | |
Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | A. sp. (145530) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela | A. couma, A. dowii, A. herzbergii, A. kessleri, A. quadriscutis, A. rugispinis (92751) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Chad | A. gigas (24181) | |
Hemphillian | Costa Rica (Puntarenas) | A. sp. (144596) | |
Piacenzian | USA (Florida) | A. felis (22712) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | A. felis (20440) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | A. felis (20604) |