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Microgadus

Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Gadidae

Taxonomy
Microgadus was named by Gill (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Gadiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gadidae by Casier (1966), Fitch and Lavenberg (1983), Fierstine et al. (2012) and Welton (2015).

Species
M. proximus
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. tomcod

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Microgadus Gill
1966Microgadus Casier p. 428
1983Microgadus Fitch and Lavenberg p. 512
2002Microgadus Sepkoski
2012Microgadus Fierstine et al. p. 74
2015Microgadus Welton p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Paracanthomorphacea
—Zeiogadaria
—Gadariae
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
suborderGadoidei
familyGadidaeRafinesque 1810
genusMicrogadusGill 1865

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. Microgadus Gill 1865
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Microgadus proximus Girard 1845
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 21:19:31
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:19:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 55.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6United Kingdom (England) M. subnotus (3262)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) M. tomcod (52582)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) M. proximus (219849)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) M. sp. (65998)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Oregon) M. proximus (222407 222408 222409)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) M. proximus (190889)