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Trachinus

Actinopteri - Trachinidae

Taxonomy
Trachinus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Trachinidae by Casier (1946), Jerzmanska (1968), Steurbaut (1979), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Steurbaut (1984), Gaemers (1984), Schwarzhans (2007) and Přikryl et al. (2016).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Trachinus Linnaeus p. 250
1946Trachinus Casier p. 143
1968Trachinus Jerzmanska p. 449
1979Trachinus Steurbaut p. 72
1983Trachinus Nolf and Steurbaut p. 186
1984Trachinus Gaemers p. 43
1984Trachinus Steurbaut p. 98
2002Trachinus Sepkoski
2007Trachinus Schwarzhans p. 354
2016Trachinus Přikryl et al.

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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)
Percomorpha
OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
Trachiniformes
familyTrachinidae
genusTrachinus

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. Trachinus Linnaeus 1758
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Trachinus acutus Weiler 1942
Trachinus biscissus Koken 1884
Trachinus draco Linnaeus 1758
Trachinus falcatus Schwarzhans 2007
Trachinus janeti Priem 1911
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 Ypresian to the top of the Gelasian or 56.00000 to 1.80600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium T. sp. (219001)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9France Platycephalus janeti (220174)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (41989 41992 41994 41996)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Platycephalus janeti (188958)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Lower Saxony,) T. falcatus (188954)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany T. biscissus (95898)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium T. biscissus (188930)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) T. verus, T. sp. (32012)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France T. sp. (219194)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France T. draco (219195)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France T. lineolatus, T. draco (219196) T. sp., T. biscissus (220042)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France T. armatus, T. lineolatus (219197)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (Lower Saxony) T. verus (161965)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kazakhstan T. sp. (174760)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium T. sp. (208831)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy T. draco (178120)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) T. draco (59003)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece (Rhodes) T. draco (207579)