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Morone

Actinopteri - Moronidae

Taxonomy
Morone was named by Mitchill (1814) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Serranidae by Danil'chenko (1980); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Moronidae by Steurbaut (1979), Steurbaut (1984), Szabo et al. (2017), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018) and Schwarzhans (2019).

Species
M. labrax, M. limburgensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. bannikovi, M. saxatilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Morone Mitchill
1979Morone Steurbaut p. 69
1980Morone Danil'chenko p. 117
1984Morone Steurbaut p. 76
2002Morone Sepkoski
2017Morone Szabo et al.
2018Morone Carnevale and Godfrey p. 175
2019Morone Schwarzhans p. 70

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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
familyMoronidae
genusMoroneMitchill 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. Morone Mitchill 1814
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Morone labrax Linnaeus 1758
†Morone limburgensis Posthumus 1923
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany M. sp. (95898)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) M. limburgensis (32012)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Hungary (Esztergom) M. sp. (186636)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France M. sp. (220042)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) M. sp. (134954 135038)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France M. labrax (90354)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (Lower Saxony) M. limburgensis (161965)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kazakhstan M. sp., M. bannikovi (174760)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) M. sp. (161993 161995)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) M. saxatilis (122099)