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Gonostoma

Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Gonostomatidae

Taxonomy
Gonostoma was named by Rafinesque (1810) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pisces by Cocco (1838); to Gonostomatinae by Arambourg (1925) and Arambourg (1927); to Stomiiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gonostomatidae by Schwarzhans (1980), Gaudant et al. (1996), Girone et al. (2006), Gradianu et al. (2017) and Schwarzhans (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Gonostoma Rafinesque
1838Gonostomus Cocco
1925Gonostoma Arambourg p. 54
1927Gonostoma Arambourg p. 32
1980Gonostoma Schwarzhans p. 39
1996Gonostoma Gaudant et al. p. 137
2002Gonostoma Sepkoski
2006Gonostoma Girone et al. p. 655
2017Gonostoma Gradianu et al. p. 325
2019Gonostoma Schwarzhans p. 37

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
Stomiatii
orderStomiatiformes
familyGonostomatidae
genusGonostomaRafinesque 1810

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. Gonostoma Rafinesque 1810
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Gonostoma albyi Sauvage 1873
Gonostoma dracula Gradianu et al. 2017
Gonostoma retunsum Schwarzhans 2019
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 21:43:47
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:43:47
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Runangan to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 36.00000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France G. biarritzense (222677)
Runangan36.0 - 34.3New Zealand G. biarritzense (219493)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Romania G. dracula (211828)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (North Island) G. retunsum (219517 219522)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) G. retunsum (219608)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Aichi) G. elongatum, G. sp. (161449)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy G. sp. (187504)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy G. albyi (185692 186579)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) G. albyi (59256)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Sicile) G. albyi (210669)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy G. sp. (159455)
Gelasian - Ionian2.588 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) G. sp. (207577)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) G. sp. (207568)