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Tachysurus

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae

Taxonomy
Tachysurus was named by Lacepede (1804). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ariidae by Schwarzhans (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Tachysurus Lacepede
1980Tachysurus Schwarzhans p. 36

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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
familyAriidaeBerg 1958
genusTachysurusLacepede 1804

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. Tachysurus Lacepede 1804
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:44:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:44:03
Source: f = family, o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Opoitian or 48.07000 to 3.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) T. planus (41992 41998)
Opoitian5.333 - 3.7New Zealand T. sinensis (219270)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa T. sp. (22221 22222 100313)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Angola T. sp. (154111)