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Antigonia

Actinopteri - Caproiformes - Antigoniidae

Taxonomy

Antigonia was named by Lowe (1843) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Zeiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Tetraodontiformes by Tyler and Santini (2005); to Caproidae by Holec (1975), Steurbaut (1979), Schwarzhans (1980), Steurbaut (1984), Sorbini and Bottura (1988) and Schwarzhans (2007); and to Antigoniidae by Stinton and Nolf (1970), Nolf (1972) and Schwarzhans (2019).

Species

A. angusta, A. artata, A. capros, A. fornicata, A. postangusta, A. veronensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1843	Antigonia Lowe
1970	Antigonia Stinton and Nolf p. 223
1972	Antigonia Nolf p. 143
1975	Antigonia Holec p. 262
1979	Antigonia Steurbaut p. 67
1980	Antigonia Schwarzhans p. 143
1984	Antigonia Steurbaut p. 70
1988	Antigonia Sorbini and Bottura p. 255
2002	Antigonia Sepkoski
2005	Antigonia Tyler and Santini p. 161
2007	Antigonia Schwarzhans p. 336
2019	Antigonia Schwarzhans p. 64

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
superclass	Actinopterygii	()
class	Actinopteri	()
subclass	Neopterygii	(Regan 1923)
—	Teleosteomorpha
—	Teleostei	(Müller 1846)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Osteoglossocephalai
—	Clupeocephala	Patterson and Rosen 1977
—	Euteleosteomorpha
—	Neoteleostei	Rosen 1973
—	Eurypterygia	(Rosen 1973)
—	Ctenosquamata
—	Acanthomorphata	(Rosen 1973)
—	Percomorpha
—	Ovalentaria	Smith and Near 2012
order	Caproiformes
family	Antigoniidae
genus	Antigonia	Lowe 1843

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. Antigonia Lowe 1843

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†Antigonia angusta Stinton and Nolf 1970

†Antigonia artata Schwarzhans 2019

†Antigonia capros Löwe 1843

†Antigonia fornicata Stinton 1962

†Antigonia postangusta Holec 1975

†Antigonia veronensis Sorbini 1983

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: base of the Mangaorapan to the top of the Tortonian or 53.00000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (23 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Italy	A. veronensis (55239)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	France	A. angusta (220174)
Waipawan - Mangaorapan	55.8 - 49.5	New Zealand (South Island)	A. artata (219497)
Mangaorapan	53.0 - 49.5	New Zealand (South Island)	A. artata (219499)
Mangaorapan - Heretaungan	53.0 - 46.2	New Zealand (South Island)	A. artata (219500 219501)
Heretaungan	49.5 - 46.2	New Zealand (South Island)	A. artata (219498)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	France	A. angusta (188957)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	United Kingdom (England)	A. angusta (41992 41998)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Belgium	A. angusta (123069)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Germany (Lower Saxony,)	A. angusta (188954)
Porangan	46.2 - 43.0	New Zealand (South Island)	A. artata (219502)
Bortonian	42.6 - 39.1	New Zealand (South Island)	A. artata (219322)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	France	A. capros (219196 220042)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	France	A. capros (219197)
Badenian	13.65 - 12.7	Slovakia	A. postangusta (222420)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Italy	A. capros (70491 78437 178120 187506)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Australia (Victoria)	Pempheris fornicata (182910)