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Prionotus
Taxonomy
Prionotus was named by Lacépède (1802) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 1012]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Scorpaeniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Triglidae by Casier (1966), Fitch and Lavenberg (1983), Stringer (1998), Purdy et al. (2001), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
It was assigned to Scorpaeniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Triglidae by Casier (1966), Fitch and Lavenberg (1983), Stringer (1998), Purdy et al. (2001), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1802 | Prionotus Lacépède |
| 1966 | Prionotus Casier p. 457 |
| 1983 | Prionotus Fitch and Lavenberg p. 513 |
| 1998 | Prionotus Stringer p. 150 |
| 2001 | Prionotus Purdy et al. p. 168 |
| 2002 | Prionotus Sepkoski |
| 2018 | Prionotus Carnevale and Godfrey p. 174 |
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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. Prionotus Lacépède 1802
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Prionotus carolinus Linnaeus 1771
†Prionotus evolans Linnaeus 1766
Prionotus gibbosus Casier 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | P. sp., P. evolans (52582) | |
| Pliocene | Jamaica | P. carolinus (186673) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (Florida) | P. sp. (22712) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | P. sp. (58089) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | P. sp. (20604 20613) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | P. sp. (57706 73485) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | P. sp. (188304) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Maryland) | P. evolans (48886) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | P. stephanophrys (59063) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Louisiana) | P. sp. (161932) |