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Cobitidae

Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cobitidae

Taxonomy
Cobitidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Eventognathi by Jordan (1963); to Cypriniformes by Böhme (2008), Betancur et al. (2013); and to Cobitoidea by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Cobitidae Jordan p. 644
2008Cobitidae Böhme p. 163
2013Cobitidae Betancur et al.
2016Cobitidae Nelson et al. p. 190

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otocephala
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
—Otophysi
superorderCyprinae
orderCypriniformesBleeker 1859
familyCobitidae
familyCobitidae

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. Cobitis Linnaeus 1758
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†Cobitis centrochir Agassiz 1832
†Cobitis cephalotes Agassiz 1832
†Cobitis primigenius Böhme 2008
Invalid names: Acanthopsis Agassiz 1832 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Pliocene or 33.90000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Guangxi) Cobitis nanningensis (228111 228112)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Bavaria) Cobitis primigenius (84364)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Turkey (Yalova) Cobitis sp. (184470)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Cobitidae indet. (186577)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ukraine (Odessa) Cobitis nordmanni (76502)