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Plotosus
Taxonomy
Plotosus was named by Bloch (1794). It is extant.
It was assigned to Plotosidae by Stringer (1998); and to Ariidae by Nolf and Aguilera (1998).
It was assigned to Plotosidae by Stringer (1998); and to Ariidae by Nolf and Aguilera (1998).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1794 | Plotosus Bloch |
| 1998 | Plotosus Nolf and Aguilera p. 239 |
| 1998 | Plotosus Stringer p. 150 |
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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. Plotosus Bloch 1794
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 23.04000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Miocene | Venezuela (Paraguana) | P. sp. (118106) | |
| Pliocene | Jamaica | P. sp. (186673) |