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Claroteidae

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Claroteidae

Taxonomy
Claroteidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Siluroidei by Betancur et al. (2013); to Siluriformes by Otero et al. (2015); and to Sisoroidea by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Claroteidae Betancur et al.
2015Claroteidae Otero et al. p. 8
2016Claroteidae Nelson et al. p. 229

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

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. Chrysichthys Bleeker 1858
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G. Clarotes Kner 1855
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:43:11
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:34:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Mali (Gao) Claroteidae indet. (175262)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Tanzania Chrysichthys mahengeensis (31499)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria Chrysichthys eaglesomei (60711)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Nigeria Chrysichthys eaglesomei (32905)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kenya Siluriformes indet. (174672)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Uganda Chrysichthys macrotis (22217 22218 22246 22343 22344 22392 22396 22398 22405 22408 22409 22411 22419 22422 22428 22430 22431 22433 22437 22440 22441)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Tunisia (Gafsa) Clarotes sp. (35281)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Kenya Clarotes sp. (22241)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Chad Clarotes sp. (24181)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Uganda Chrysichthys macrotis (22345 22424)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Clarotes sp. (22242)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Congo-Kinshasa Chrysichthys macrotis (22198)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Uganda Chrysichthys macrotis (22250 22257 22258 22260 22261 22262 22263 22265)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Kenya Clarotes sp. (22235 22239)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Clarotes sp. (22122)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda Chrysichthys macrotis (22178)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya Clarotes sp. (22342)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Clarotes sp. (21443)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Clarotes sp. (22065)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Clarotes sp. (208786)