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Larimus

Actinopteri - Sciaenidae

Taxonomy
Larimus was named by Cuvier and Valenciennes (1830) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Sciaenidae by Danil'chenko (1960) and Danil'chenko (1980); and to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Larimus Cuvier and Valenciennes
1960Larimus Danil'chenko p. 131
1980Larimus Danil'chenko p. 134
2002Larimus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Percomorpharia
familySciaenidae(Cuvier 1828)
genusLarimusCuvier and Valenciennes 1830

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. Larimus Cuvier and Valenciennes 1830
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Larimus fasciatus Holbrook 1855
Larimus henrici Nolf and Aguilera 1998
Larimus henrii Nolf and Aguilera 1998
Larimus steurbauti Nolf and Aguilera 1998
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 Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 23.03000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) L. steubauti, L. henrii (118106)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Costa Rica L. sp. (91357)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama L. sp. (24237)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) L. sp. (145530)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela L. steurbautti, L. sp., L. henrii (92751)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) L. pacificus (135043)