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Ostracion

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Ostraciidae

Taxonomy
Ostracion was named by Rafinesque (1815) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Ostraciidae.

It was assigned to Sclerodermi by Agassiz (1835); to Balistidae by Leriche (1942); to Ostraciontidae by Casier (1946); to Tetradontiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ostraciidae by Thurmond and Jones (1981), Schwarzhans (2003) and Matsuura (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Ostracion Rafinesque
1835Ostracion Agassiz p. 38ff
1942Ostracion Leriche p. 42
1946Ostracion Casier p. 181
1981Ostracion Thurmond and Jones p. 108
2002Ostracion Sepkoski
2003Ostracion Schwarzhans p. 88
2015Ostracion Matsuura

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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
—Percomorpharia
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderOstracioidei
familyOstraciidae
genusOstracionRafinesque 1815

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. Ostracion Rafinesque 1815
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†Ostracion clavatus Casier 1946
†Ostracion meretrix Daimeries 1891
†Ostracion micrurus Agassiz 1833
†Ostracion oblongus Zigno 1874
†Ostracion pergravis Schwarzhans 2003
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 21:45:45
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:45:45
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Priabonian or 70.60000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) O. sp. (58102)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark O. pergravis (159793)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Virginia) O. meretrix (84048)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium O. clavatus (219001 219005)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) O. sp. (41992)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) O. meretrix (75638)