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Bothidae

Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Bothidae Jordan p. 667
1984Bothidae Gaemers p. 45
2001Bothidae Purdy et al. p. 184
2013Bothidae Betancur et al.
2016Bothidae Nelson et al. p. 400
2019Bothidae Ebersole et al. p. 204

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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
familyBothidae
familyBothidae

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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G. Arnoglossus Bleeker 1862
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†Arnoglossus extremus Schwarzhans 1980
†Arnoglossus grenfelli Schwarzhans 1999
†Arnoglossus kokeni Basoli and Schubert 1906
†Arnoglossus laterna Walbaum 1792
†Arnoglossus lautus Schwarzhans 2019
†Arnoglossus longus Schwarzhans 1980
†Arnoglossus miocenicus Weiler 1962
†Arnoglossus novus Schwarzhans 1980
†Arnoglossus purus Schwarzhans 2019
†Arnoglossus sauvagei d'Erasmo 1930
†Arnoglossus tenuis Schubert 1906
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Invalid names: Rhombus corius Pobedina 1954 [synonym]
G. †Bothidarum Nolf
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†Bothidarum biaculeatus Nolf and Lapierre 1979
†Bothidarum dorsolobatus Schwarzhans 1980
†Bothidarum incertus Priem 1911
G. Bothus Rafinesque 1810
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Bothus decipiens Casier 1966
†Bothus nativus Schwarzhans 2007
†Bothus parvulus Gorjanovic-Kramberger 1883
G. Caulopsetta Gill 1893
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†Caulopsetta arnoglossoides Schwarzhans 1999
G. Grammatobothus Norman 1926
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†Grammatobothus awamoaensis Schwarzhans 1999
G. Laeops Günther 1880
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†Laeops undulatus Schwarzhans 2019
G. †Miobothus Chanet and Schultz 1994
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†Miobothus weissi Chanet and Schultz 1994
G. Monolene Goode 1881
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†Monolene prudhommae Steurbaut 1984
G. †Oligobothus Baciu and Chanet 2002
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†Oligobothus pristinus Baciu and Chanet 2002
G. Peltorhamphus Günther 1862
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†Peltorhamphus flexuodorsalis Schwarzhans 1999
†Peltorhamphus fordycei Schwarzhans 1980
G. Taeniopsetta Gilbert 1905
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (95 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Bothidae indet. (209371)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Bothus lapierrei (188957)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Lower Saxony,) Rhombocitharus biaculeatus, Bothus nativus (188954)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Indonesia (Java) Bothidarum sp. (202252)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand (South Island) Arnoglossus extremus (219333)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Bothidae indet. (75638)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Bothidarum sp. (95898)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Romania Oligobothus pristinus (113962)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Bothidarum weileri, Bothidarum rosenthalensis (32012)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Arnoglossus sp. (219194)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Bothidae indet. (11601)
Chattian - Early/Lower Miocene28.1 - 15.97Greece (Greneva) Arnoglossus holleri (222448)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Arnoglossus lautus (219615) Arnoglossus longus, Arnoglossus lautus (219612) Arnoglossus purus, Peltorhamphus fordycei (219611)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Arnoglossus lautus (219577 219578 219580 219582 219585) Arnoglossus longus, Arnoglossus lautus (219336)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Arnoglossus holleri (219195)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (South Island) Arnoglossus longus (219587) Caulopsetta arnoglossoides (219586)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (North Island) Caulopsetta arnoglossoides (219517)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Arnoglossus holleri (219196) Arnoglossus miocenicus (220042)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) Arnoglossus longus (219526) Arnoglossus longus, Arnoglossus novus, Caulopsetta arnoglossoides (219524) Caulopsetta arnoglossoides (219523)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Arnoglossus longus, Arnoglossus novus (219271) Arnoglossus longus, Arnoglossus novus, Caulopsetta arnoglossoides (219318) Arnoglossus longus, Caulopsetta arnoglossoides (219621 219622 219744) Arnoglossus novus, Caulopsetta arnoglossoides (219598) Caulopsetta arnoglossoides (219593 219599 219602 219606) Caulopsetta arnoglossoides, Grammatobothus awamoaensis, Taeniopsetta dorsolobata (219341)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Arnoglossus longus, Arnoglossus novus, Bothidarum dorsolobatus (67900)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Arnoglossus holleri (219197)
Clifdenian15.9 - 13.65New Zealand (South Island) Arnoglossus longus (219275 219623)
Lillburnian - Waiauan15.1 - 11.04New Zealand (South Island) Achirus fordycei (219272) Arnoglossus purus, Laeops undulatus (219610)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kazakhstan Arnoglossus tenuis (174760)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) Arnoglossus sp. (161993)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria Miobothus weissi (213724)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand (North Island) Arnoglossus novus (219267) Arnoglossus purus, Peltorhamphus fordycei (219549)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia (Zagreb) Arnoglossus bassanianus, Solea tenuis, Arnoglossus tenuis, Rhombus corius, Rhombus parvulus (222486)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Russian Federation (Goryachii) Bothus sp. (211239)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Romania Bothus parvulus (213740)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece (Crete) Arnoglossus sp. (207356)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Arnoglossus kokeni (78437 178120 187506)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Bothidae indet. (24237 145519)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Arnoglossus sauvagei (210671)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Arnoglossus sauvagei (186581) Arnoglossus sp., Arnoglossus sauvagei (210628)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Arnoglossus abropterix (210232 210234) Arnoglossus sauvagei (185692 186575)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Arnoglossus sauvagei (59256)
Opoitian5.333 - 3.6New Zealand (South Island) Peltorhamphus tenuis (219624)
Opoitian5.333 - 3.6New Zealand (North Island) Peltorhamphus tenuis (219627)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sicily) Arnoglossus laterna (223704)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Arnoglossus laterna (210255 210257) Bothus sp., Arnoglossus laterna (210256)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) Arnoglossus sp., Arnoglossus kokeni, Arnoglossus laterna (207769)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Bothidae indet. (186673)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Arnoglossus laterna (59003)
Opoitian - Mangapanian5.333 - 2.4New Zealand (North Island) Arnoglossus grenfelli, Peltorhamphus flexuodorsalis, Peltorhamphus tenuis (219628)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy Arnoglossus kessleri, Arnoglossus thori (145683)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece (Crete) Arnoglossus kokeni (207357)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Bothidae indet. (22712)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Italy Bothus sp., Arnoglossus laterna (57058)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece (Rhodes) Arnoglossus laterna (207579)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy (Bologna) Arnoglossus laterna (186574)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Arnoglossus kokeni (207569) Arnoglossus sp. (207571)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy Arnoglossus kokeni (159378)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (South Island) Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae (219643)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (North Island) Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae (219633)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Arnoglossus kikeni (159288) Arnoglossus kokeni (159140)
Haweran - Holocene0.34 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae (219640)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Bothidae indet. (20604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Bothidae indet. (194995)