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Merluccius
Taxonomy
Merluccius was named by Rafinesque (1810) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Gadidae by Pauca (1929), Danil'chenko (1960), Heinrich (1969), Schwarzhans (1978), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983) and Fitch and Lavenberg (1983); to Gadiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Merlucciinae by Lin et al. (2017); to Merluccidae by Bedini et al. (1986), Purdy et al. (2001) and Carnevale and Godfrey (2018); and to Merlucciidae by Stinton (1957), Steurbaut (1984), Constantin (1999), Girone et al. (2006), Fierstine et al. (2012) and Schwarzhans (2019).
It was assigned to Gadidae by Pauca (1929), Danil'chenko (1960), Heinrich (1969), Schwarzhans (1978), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983) and Fitch and Lavenberg (1983); to Gadiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Merlucciinae by Lin et al. (2017); to Merluccidae by Bedini et al. (1986), Purdy et al. (2001) and Carnevale and Godfrey (2018); and to Merlucciidae by Stinton (1957), Steurbaut (1984), Constantin (1999), Girone et al. (2006), Fierstine et al. (2012) and Schwarzhans (2019).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1810 | Merluccius Rafinesque |
| 1929 | Merluccius Pauca p. 32 |
| 1957 | Merluccius Stinton p. 84 |
| 1960 | Merluccius Danil'chenko p. 67 |
| 1969 | Merluccius Heinrich p. 28 |
| 1978 | Merluccius Schwarzhans p. 18 |
| 1983 | Merluccius Fitch and Lavenberg p. 512 |
| 1983 | Merluccius Nolf and Steurbaut p. 164 |
| 1984 | Merluccius Steurbaut p. 60 |
| 1986 | Merluccius Bedini et al. p. 52 |
| 1999 | Merluccius Constantin |
| 2001 | Merluccius Purdy et al. p. 166 |
| 2002 | Merluccius Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Merluccius Girone et al. p. 656 |
| 2012 | Merluccius Fierstine et al. p. 69 |
| 2017 | Merluccius Lin et al. p. 10 |
| 2018 | Merluccius Carnevale and Godfrey p. 169 |
| 2019 | Merluccius Schwarzhans p. 248 |
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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. Merluccius Rafinesque 1810
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†Merluccius abreviatus Nolf and Brzobohaty 2002
†Merluccius athanasiui Pauca 1929
†Merluccius attenuatus Koken 1891
†Merluccius balticus Koken 1885
†Merluccius bilinearis Mitchill 1814
†Merluccius emarginatus Koken 1884
†Merluccius fimbriatus Stinton 1957
†Merluccius inferus Daniltshenko 1947
†Merluccius lednevi Bogatshov 1933
†Merluccius macroactus Kramberger 1879
Merluccius merluccius Linnaeus 1758 [European hake]
†Merluccius miocenicus Koken 1891
†Merluccius obtusus Koken 1891
†Merluccius ovalis Ciobanu 1977
Merluccius productus Ayres 1855
†Merluccius pukeuriensis Frost 1924
†Merluccius rattazzii Lin et al. 2017
†Merluccius romanicus Pauca 1929
†Merluccius vulgaris Fleming 1828
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma
Collections (55 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danian | Greenland | Coelorinchus balticus (22943) | |
| Selandian | Denmark | Coelorhynchus balticus (159792 159793 159794 159795) | |
| Rupelian | Romania | M. athanasiui (50344) M. ovalis (113962) | |
| Chattian | France | M. abreviatus (219194) | |
| Chattian | Azerbaijan | M. lednevi (45737) M. sp. (116632) | |
| Chattian | Australia (Victoria) | M. fimbriatus (48647) | |
| Chattian | Hungary | M. sp. (184477) | |
| Burdigalian | Czech Republic (Moravia) | M. latus (222391) | |
| Burdigalian | Azerbaijan | M. sp. (116635) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand | M. pukeuriensis (67900) | |
| Langhian | USA (Virginia) | M. billnearis (79793) | |
| Langhian | Australia (Victoria) | M. fimbriatus (46165 219137) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (Lower Saxony) | M. vulgaris (161965) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | M. billnearis (126605 187324) | |
| Badenian | Belgium | M. sp. (208831) | |
| Badenian | Czech Republic (Mikulov) | M. merluccius (161993 161995) | |
| Tortonian | Italy | M. merluccius (70491 78437 178120) M. rattazzii (187507) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Virginia) | M. billnearis (152251) | |
| Tortonian - Piacenzian | USA (California) | M. sp. (188305) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Germany | M. sp., M. vulgaris (223566) | |
| Messinian | Italy | M. merluccius (186575) M. sp. (186576 210640) | |
| Messinian | Algeria | M. merluccius (186585 219784) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Ecuador (Esmeraldas) | M. angustimanus (135043) | |
| Zanclean | Italy (Sicily) | M. merluccius (223702 223704) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | M. albidus, M. sp., M. bilinearis (52582) | |
| Zanclean | Italy | M. sp. (210256) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Italy | M. sp. (145680) | |
| Opoitian - Mangapanian | New Zealand (North Island) | M. sp. (219628) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | M. productus (219849) | |
| Piacenzian - Gelasian | Italy | M. sp. (57058) | |
| Mangapanian - Nukumaruan | New Zealand | M. sp. (219631) | |
| Gelasian | Italy (Bologna) | M. merluccius (186574) | |
| Gelasian | Italy | M. meluccius (159096) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Italy | M. merluccius (159378) | |
| Calabrian | Italy | M. merlucchus (159288) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | M. productus (222407 222408) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | M. productus (59063) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (California) | M. productus (20646) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | M. merluccius (215695) |