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Sparus

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Sparidae

Taxonomy
Sparus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Sparidae by Danil'chenko (1980) and Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea (2003); and to Sparidae by Arambourg (1927), Casier (1946), Casier (1958), Gol'din et al. (2020) and Argyriou (2022).

Species
S. brusinai, S. caraibaeus, S. cinctus, S. compactus, S. neogenus
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. schopii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Sparus Linnaeus p. 277
1927Sparus Arambourg p. 116
1946Sparus Casier p. 135
1958Sparus Casier p. 25
1980Sparus Danil'chenko p. 136
2002Sparus Sepkoski
2003Sparus Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea p. 126
2020Sparus Gol'din et al. p. 7
2022Sparus 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
genusSparus

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. Sparus Linnaeus 1758
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†Sparus brusinai Kramberger 1882
†Sparus caraibaeus Casier 1958
†Sparus cinctus Agassiz 1843
†Sparus compactus Arambourg 1927
†Sparus neogenus 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 Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium S. sp. (219001)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) S. sp. (41888 41989 41992 41994 41996 41998)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Barbados S. sp., S. caraibaeus (221168)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France S. sp. (69805)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) S. schopii (68021)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany S. umbonatus (70332)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Costa Rica S. sp. (187875)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Spain (Mallorca) S. cinctus (155253)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France S. cinctus (224418)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria (Plesching bei Linz) S. sp. (159375)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France S. cinctus (187577)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France S. auratus, S. sp., S. cinctus (90354)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Austria S. umbonatus (51002)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Portugal S. auratus, S. cinctus, S. neogenus (65912)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France S. sp. (154319)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Austria (Burgenland) S. sp. (56694)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland S. sp. (162017)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) S. umbonatus (161993 161995)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Romania S. brusinai (183538)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy S. doderleini (70491 178120)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina (Entre Rios) S. antiquus (13626)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain (Balearic Islands) S. cinctus (162702 162703 162704 162712 162713 162714 162715)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Portugal S. auratus, S. cinctus, S. neogenus (56459)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Costa Rica (Puntarenas) S. sp. (144596)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) S. sp. (210628)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria S. cinctus (186631)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) S. cinctus, S. neogenus, S. compactus (59256)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal S. cinctus (152330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy S. auratus (96761)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Angola S. sp. (154111)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Alpes Maritimes) S. auratus (50523)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain S. sp. (215661)