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Ophidion

Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae

Taxonomy
Ophidion was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Otolithus (Ophidium) by Nolf and Steurbaut (1983).

It was assigned to Ophididae by Fitch and Lavenberg (1983); to Otolithus by Nolf and Steurbaut (1983); to Ophidiiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ophidiidae by Casier (1946), Stinton (1957), Casier (1958), Schwarzhans (1978), Constantin (1999), Fierstine et al. (2012) and Schwarzhans (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ophidion Linnaeus
1946Ophidion Casier p. 166
1957Ophidion Stinton p. 89
1958Ophidion Casier p. 28
1978Ophidion Schwarzhans p. 35
1983Ophidion Fitch and Lavenberg p. 512
1983Otolithus (Ophidium) Nolf and Steurbaut p. 149
1999Ophidion Constantin
2002Ophidion Sepkoski
2012Ophidion Fierstine et al. p. 75
2013Ophidion Schwarzhans p. 171

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Ophidiimorpharia
orderOphidiiformesBerg 1937
familyOphidiidaeRafinesque 1810
genusOphidionLinnaeus 1758

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. Ophidion Linnaeus 1758
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†Ophidion barbadicum Casier 1958
†Ophidion ozymandias Jordan 1921
†Ophidion polli Casier 1946
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: parasiteo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:30:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:30:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium O. polli (219011)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Otolithus sp. (42636 42644)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Barbados O. barbadicum (220738)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Otolithus sp. (42640)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (Lower Saxony) O. joachimicum (161965)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) O. barbatum (207769)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) O. grayi (52582)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) O. sp. (22712)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece (Rhodes) O. barbatum (207579 207580)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) O. barbatum (207569 207571)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy O. rochei, O. barbatum (159378)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy O. rochei (159288)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) O. scrippase (190889)