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Myripristis

Actinopteri - Holocentriformes - Holocentridae

Taxonomy
Myripristis was named by Cuvier (1827) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant. Its type is Myripristis jacobus.

It was assigned to Percoidei by Agassiz (1835); to Myripristinae by Steurbaut (1979) and Steurbaut (1984); to Beryciformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Myripristidae by Schwarzhans (2013); and to Holocentridae by Casier (1966) and Ebersole et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Myripristis Cuvier
1835Myripristis Agassiz p. 39ff
1966Myripristis Casier p. 186
1979Myripristis Steurbaut p. 67
1984Myripristis Steurbaut p. 69
2002Myripristis Sepkoski
2013Myripristis Schwarzhans p. 174
2019Myripristis Ebersole et al. p. 194

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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
—Holocentrimorphaceae
orderHolocentriformes
familyHolocentridaeRichardson 1846
genusMyripristisCuvier 1827

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. Myripristis Cuvier 1827
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†Myripristis banatica Weiler 1950
†Myripristis homopterygius Agassiz 1835
Myripristis jacobus Cuvier 1829
†Myripristis leptacanthus Agassiz 1835
†Myripristis priemi Schubert 1916
†Myripristis verus Steurbaut 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Badenian or 56.00000 to 12.70000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) M. toliapicus (13299)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Louisiana) M. sp. (209378)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) M. sp. (209370 209371)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (41888)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) M. sp. (75638)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France M. priemi (222677)
Chattian - Early/Lower Miocene28.1 - 15.97Greece (Greneva) M. verus (222448)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) M. sp. (118106)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France M. verus (219196 220042)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France M. verus (219197)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) M. verus (161993 161994)