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Boops

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Sparidae

Taxonomy
Boops was named by Cuvier (1814) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 503]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Sparinae by Steurbaut (1984); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sparidae by Carnevale (2002) and Argyriou (2022).

Species
B. neogenicus, B. roulei
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. boops

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Boops Cuvier
1984Boops Steurbaut p. 89
2002Boops Carnevale p. 727
2002Boops Sepkoski
2022Boops Argyriou p. 117

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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
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
familySparidaeBonaparte 1832
genusBoopsCuvier 1814

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. Boops Cuvier 1814
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†Boops neogenicus Steurbaut and Jonet 1982
†Boops roulei Arambourg 1927
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 21:38:14
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:38:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Badenian to the top of the Gelasian or 13.65000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) B. hoops (161993 161994)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) B. gortanii (186581 210628)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) B. roulei (59256)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria B. roulei (186582 186585)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy B. roulei (219783)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) B. boops (207769)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy B. sp. (210256)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Italy B. sp. (145678)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece (Crete) B. boops (207358 207359) B. sp. (207303)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Italy B. sp. (57058)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece (Rhodes) B. boops (207579)