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Mene

Actinopteri - Menidae

Taxonomy
Mene was named by Lacépède (1803) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Menidae by Danil'chenko (1980), Friedman and Johnson (2005), Carnevale et al. (2014), Bannikov (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Mene Lacépède
1980Mene Danil'chenko p. 129
2002Mene Sepkoski
2005Mene Friedman and Johnson p. 771
2014Mene Bannikov p. 28
2014Mene Carnevale et al. p. 43

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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
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Carangimorphariae
familyMenidaeGill 1885
genusMeneLacépède 1803

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. Mene Lacépède 1803
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†Mene garviei Lin and Nolf 2022
†Mene oblonga Agassiz 1833
Mene psarianosi Symeonidis 1969
†Mene purdyi Friedman and Johnson 2005
†Mene rhombea Volta 1796
†Mene triangulum Danil'chenko 1968
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Tortonian or 59.20000 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Peru M. purdyi (112144)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy M. rhombea, M. oblonga (94830)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Turkmenistan M. triangulum (186444)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France M. ornatissima (188958)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) M. garviei (237134)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Czech Republic (Tschechien) M. pusilla (185664)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) M. sp. (118106)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Greece (Crete) M. psarianosi (162725)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece (Crete) Alectis psarianosi (207356)