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Prionotus

Actinopteri - Scorpaeniformes - Triglidae

Taxonomy
Prionotus was named by Lacépède (1802) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 1012]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scorpaeniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Triglidae by Casier (1966), Fitch and Lavenberg (1983), Stringer (1998), Purdy et al. (2001) and Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Prionotus Lacépède
1966Prionotus Casier p. 457
1983Prionotus Fitch and Lavenberg p. 513
1998Prionotus Stringer p. 150
2001Prionotus Purdy et al. p. 168
2002Prionotus Sepkoski
2018Prionotus Carnevale and Godfrey p. 174

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderScorpaeniformes
familyTriglidae
genusPrionotusLacépède 1802

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. Prionotus Lacépède 1802
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Prionotus carolinus Linnaeus 1771
Prionotus evolans Linnaeus 1766
Prionotus gibbosus Casier 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:41:14
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:41:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) P. sp., P. evolans (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica P. carolinus (186673)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) P. sp. (22712)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) P. sp. (58089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) P. stephanophrys (59063)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) P. sp. (188304)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) P. sp. (57706 73485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) P. evolans (48886)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) P. sp. (20604 20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) P. sp. (161932)