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Orthopristis

Actinopteri - Haemulidae

Taxonomy
Orthopristis was named by Girard (1858) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pomadasidae by Arambourg (1927); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Haemulinae by Tavera et al. (2012); and to Haemulidae by Ebersole et al. (2019).

Species
O. proronchus, O. ruber
Species lacking formal opinion data
O. cantharinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Orthopristis Girard
1927Orthopristis Arambourg p. 110
2002Orthopristis Sepkoski
2012Orthopristis Tavera et al.
2019Orthopristis Ebersole et al. p. 209

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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
familyHaemulidaeGill 1885
genusOrthopristisGirard 1858

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. Orthopristis Girard 1858
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†Orthopristis proronchus Arambourg 1927
Orthopristis ruber Cuvier 1830 [corocoro grunt]
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 Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) O. sp. (200654)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Louisiana) O. sp. (44521)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) O. sp., O. ruber (118106)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) O. proronchus (59256)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria O. proronchus (186583 186631)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) O. sp., O. cantharinus (135043)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) O. chrysopterus (22712)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands O. spp. (209855)