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Macruronidae

Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Macruronidae

Taxonomy
Macruroninae was named by Regan (1903).

It was reranked as the family Macruronidae by Nelson et al. (2016) and Schwarzhans et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Gadiformes by Nelson et al. (2016) and Schwarzhans et al. (2017); and to Merlucciidae by Schwarzhans et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Macruronus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Macruroninae Regan
2016Macruronidae Nelson et al. p. 298
2017Macruronidae Schwarzhans et al. p. 445
2017Macruroninae Schwarzhans et al. p. 154

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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)
—Paracanthomorphacea
—Zeiogadaria
—Gadariae
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
familyMacruronidae(Regan 1903)
familyMacruronidae(Regan 1903)

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.

Fm. †Macruronidae Regan 1903
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G. Macruronus Guenther 1873
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†Macruronus eastmani Schwarzhans et al. 2017
†Macruronus merlucciiformis Schwarzhans 1980
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 Ypresian to the top of the Nukumaruan or 56.00000 to 1.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica Macruronus eastmani (100414)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) Macruronus sp. (219164 219168)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03New Zealand (North Island) Macruronus pukeuriensis (204336)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Macruronus merlucciformis (219332) Macruronus pukeuriensis (219569) Macruronus pukeuriensis, Macruronus merlucciiformis (219615)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Macruronus pukeuriensis (219319 219578 219582)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (South Island) Macruronus pukeuriensis (219591)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Macruronus pukeuriensis (67900)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Macruronus pukeuriensis (219271 219318 219341 219592 219593 219597 219605 219606 219607 219744)
Lillburnian - Waiauan15.1 - 11.04New Zealand (South Island) Macruronus pukeuriensis (219610)
Tongaporutuan11.608 - 6.5New Zealand (North Island) Macruronus novaezelandiae (219269) Macruronus pukeuriensis (219553)
Opoitian5.333 - 3.6New Zealand Macruronus novaezelandiae (219270)
Opoitian - Mangapanian5.333 - 2.4New Zealand (North Island) Macruronus novaezeelandiae (219628)
Waipipian3.7 - 3.0New Zealand (North Island) Macruronus novaezeelandiae (219629)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588New Zealand Macruronus novaezelandiae (89089)
Mangapanian - Nukumaruan3.0 - 1.63New Zealand Macruronus novaezeelandiae (219631)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (South Island) Macruronus novaezeelandiae (219643)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (North Island) Macruronus novaezeelandiae (219633 219637)