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Equetus

Actinopteri - Sciaenidae

Taxonomy
Equetus was named by Rafinesque (1815). It is extant.

It was assigned to Sciaenoidei by Fitch and Lavenberg (1983).

Species
E. davidandrewi, E. punctatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. umbrosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Equetus Rafinesque
1983Equetus Fitch and Lavenberg p. 513

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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
familySciaenidae(Cuvier 1828)
genusEquetusRafinesque 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. Equetus Rafinesque 1815
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†Equetus davidandrewi Nolf and Aguilera 1998
Equetus punctatus Bloch and Schneider 1801
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 Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 23.03000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) E. davidandrewi, E. punctatus (118106)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama E. sp. (24237 145519 145521 145523)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) E. sp. (145530 145531)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela E. sp. (92751)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) E. umbrosus (52582)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) E. sp. (22712)