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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)36089https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36089
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Moronidae : Morone
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassNeopterygii
-TeleosteomorphaArratia et al. 2004
-Teleostei
-Osteoglossocephalai
-ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
-Euteleosteomorpha
-NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
-Eurypterygia
-Ctenosquamata
-Acanthomorphata
-Euacanthomorphacea
-Percomorphaceae
-Percomorpharia
familyMoronidae
genusMoroneMitchill 1814
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Moronegenusbelongs to Serranidaestated without evidenceDanil'chenko, 1980
Moronegenusbelongs to Perciformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Moronegenusbelongs to Moronidaestated without evidenceSzabo et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Acanthomorphata)
Dietomnivore (based on Acanthomorphata)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1814Morone Mitchill
1980Morone Danil'chenko p. 117
2002Morone Sepkoski, Jr.
2017Morone Szabo et al.
2018Morone Carnevale and Godfrey p. 175

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Danil'chenko P. G. (1980) Otryad Perciformes, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 178, 115-169
Szabo M., Botfalvai G., et al (2017) Upper Oligocene marine fishes from nearshore deposits of the Central Paratethys (Máriahalom, Hungary), Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments doi:10.1007/s12549-017-0285-0
Carnevale G., Godfrey S. J. (2018) Miocene Bony Fishes of the Calvert, Choptank, St. Marys, and Eastover Formations, Chesapeake Group, Maryland and Virginia, Smithsonian Contribution to Paleobiology, 161-212
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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