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Bagre

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae

Taxonomy
Bagre was named by Mitchill (1815). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ariidae by Purdy et al. (2001), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018), Aguilera et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Bagre Mitchill
2001Bagre Purdy et al. p. 164
2018Bagre Carnevale and Godfrey p. 169
2020Bagre Aguilera et al.

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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
genusBagreMitchill 1815

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. Bagre Mitchill 1815
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Bagre marinus Mitchill 1815
Bagre ornatus Aguilera et al. 2020
†Bagre urumacoensis Aguilera and Marceniuk 2018
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Calabrian or 23.04000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Venezuela (Lara) B. ornatus (199712)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) B. sp. (48887)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama B. sp. (24237)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) B. sp. (81491) B. urumacoensis (136777)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela B. marinus (92751)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela B. marinus (136387)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) B. sp. (52582)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Venezuela (Falcon) B. marinus (212870)