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Catostomidae

Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Catostomidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Catostominae Hay p. 394
1963Catostomidae Jordan p. 639
1967Catostomidae Wilson p. 201
1986Catostomidae Holman et al.
2006Catostomidae Alvarado-Ortega et al.
2012Catostomidae Fierstine et al. p. 30
2013Catostomidae Betancur et al.
2016Catostomidae Nelson et al. p. 187

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
Otophysa
superorderCyprinae
orderCypriniformesBleeker 1859
familyCatostomidae
familyCatostomidae

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. Carpiodes Rafinesque 1820
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Carpiodes cyprinus LeSueur 1817
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Catostomus catostomus Forster 1773
Catostomus commersonnii Lacépède 1803
Catostomus cristatus Cope 1883
G. †Chasmistes Jordan 1878
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Chasmistes cujus Cope 1883
Subfm. †Ictiobinae Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2006
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G. †Ictiobus Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2006
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Ictiobus aguilerai Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2006
G. †Xyrauchen Eigenmann and Kirsch 1889
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Xyrauchen texanus Abbott 1860
Invalid names: Catostomini [empty], Cycleptinae Nelson et al. 2016 [empty], Erimyzontini Nelson et al. 2016 [empty], Moxostomatini [empty], Myxocyprininae [empty], Thoburniini [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:40:14
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:02
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 Uintan to the top of the Holocene or 46.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 40.4 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene56.0 - 28.4USA (Oregon) Catostomidae indet. (227073)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Colorado) Catostomidae indet. (16623)
Duchesnean40.4 - 37.2USA (Utah) Catostomidae indet. (16877)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Kansas) Ictiobus sp. (18450)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Hidalgo) Ictiobus aguilerai (133341)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Oregon) C. Catostomus X Chasmistes sp. cf. Chasmistes "batrachops", Chasmistes "batrachops" (226540)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Hidalgo) Ictiobus sp. (18753)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Catostomus sp. (20389)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Catostomidae indet. (20387 20431) Catostomus occidentalis (20327)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Catostomus commersoni (20165)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Michigan) Catostomidae indet. (70130)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) Catostomidae indet. (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Catostomidae indet. (124089) Catostomus sp., Catostomidae indet. (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Catostomus commersoni (63223) Catostomus commersonii, Catostomus catostomus (200325)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Ictiobus sp. (93103)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Catostomus catostomus (228921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Catostomus sp., Catostomus commersonii, Catostomus catostomus, Carpiodes cyprinus (224189)