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Percichthys

Actinopteri - Percichthyidae

Taxonomy
Percichthys was named by Girard (1854). It is extant.

It was assigned to Serranidae by Schaeffer (1947) and Schaeffer (1947); and to Percichthyidae by Girard (1854) and Arratia (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Percichthys Girard
1947Percichthys Schaeffer
2015Percichthys Arratia p. 67

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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
familyPercichthyidaeJordan and Eigenman 1890
genusPercichthysGirard 1854

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. Percichthys Girard 1854
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†Percichthys antiquus Woodward 1898
†Percichthys hondoensis Schaeffer 1947
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: base of the Danian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Bolivia (Mizque) P. sp. (13501)
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) P. hondoensis (49941)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. sp. (63335)