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Opsanus
Taxonomy
Opsanus was named by Rafinesque (1818).
It was assigned to Batrachoididae by Purdy et al. (2001), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
It was assigned to Batrachoididae by Purdy et al. (2001), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1818 | Opsanus Rafinesque |
| 2001 | Opsanus Purdy et al. p. 165 |
| 2018 | Opsanus Carnevale and Godfrey p. 171 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Rancholabrean or 5.33300 to 0.01200 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | O. tau (52582) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (Florida) | O. sp. (22712) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | O. sp. (20440) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | O. sp. (20604) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | O. sp. (57706 73485) |