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Araeosteus

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Zaproridae

Taxonomy
Araeosteus was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1920) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Hexagrammidae by Jordan (1925); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Zaproridae by Jordan and Gilbert (1920), David (1943) and Fierstine et al. (2012).

Species
A. rothi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Araeosteus Jordan and Gilbert p. 20
1925Araeosteus Jordan p. 34
1943Araeosteus David p. 38
2002Araeosteus Sepkoski
2012Araeosteus Fierstine et al. p. 138

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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)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
suborderCottioidei
infraorderZoarcales
familyZaproridaeJordan 1896
genusAraeosteus

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. Araeosteus Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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†Araeosteus rothi Jordan and Gilbert 1920
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert 1920Bodyelongate,ratherrobust. Headunknown,thebonesstriate; ver- tebrae about 43, slender, hour-glass shaped, not grooved. Interneurals and interhsemals moderate, very oblique; dorsal fin of 30 to 40 rays, all simple and flexible, subequal, the fin continuous; anal with about 15 raysallsimple; other fins lost.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:38:14
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:38:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Tortonian or 11.60800 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) A. rothi (45489)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) A. rothi (582 185673)