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Symphurus

Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Cynoglossidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Symphurus Fitch and Lavenberg p. 513
1992Symphurus Nolf and Bajpai p. 205
2002Symphurus Sepkoski
2012Symphurus Fierstine et al. p. 163

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Carangimorphariae
orderPleuronectiformes
suborderPleuronectoidei
familyCynoglossidae
genusSymphurus

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.

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Symphurus atricauda Jordan and Gilbert 1880
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:39:27
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:39:27
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 41.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Indonesia (Java) S. sp. (202252)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France S. sp. (219194)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) S. sp. (118106)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Venezuela (Falcon) S. sp. (161210)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama S. sp. (145520 145521)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) S. sp. (52582)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) S. atricauda (59063)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) S. sp. (161932)