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| Rank | family (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Sphyraenidae |
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Classification
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| Common Name | barracuda |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Sphyraenidae | family | belongs to Acanthopteri | stated with evidence | Leidy, 1873 | | Sphyraenidae | family | belongs to Percesoces | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 | | Sphyraenidae | family | belongs to Teleostomi | stated without evidence | Weiler, 1938 | | Sphyraenidae | family | belongs to Percesoces | stated without evidence | Jordan, 1963 | | Sphyraenidae | family | belongs to Mugiloidea | stated without evidence | Casier, 1966 | | Sphyraenidae | family | belongs to Perciformes | stated without evidence | Weems, 1999 | | Sphyraenidae | family | belongs to Scombroidei | stated without evidence | Fierstine et al., 2012 | | Sphyraenidae | family | belongs to Carangimorphariae | stated with evidence | Betancur-R et al., 2013 | | Sphyraenidae | family | belongs to Sphyraenoidei | stated without evidence | Bannikov, 2014 | | Sphyraenidae | family | belongs to Perciformes | stated without evidence | Szabo et al., 2017 | | Sphyraenidae | family | belongs to Istiophoriformes | stated without evidence | Ebersole et al., 2019 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (25%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Acanthomorphata) |
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| Diet | omnivore (based on Acanthomorphata) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. W. Purdy, V. P. Schneider, and S. P. Applegate, J. H. McLellan, R. L. Meyer, B. H. Slaughter. 2001. The Neogene sharks, rays, and bony fishes from Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90:71-202 |
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| Purdy R. W., Schneider V. P., et al (2001) The Neogene sharks, rays, and bony fishes from Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90, 71-202 |
| Leidy J. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories, Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1, 1-358 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Weiler W. (1938) Neue Untersuchungen an Mitteloligozänen Fischen Ungarns, Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica 15, 1-31 |
| Jordan D. S. (1963) The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes, Stanford University Press, 1-816 |
| Casier E. (1966) , Faune ichthyologique du London Clay, 1-510 |
| Thurmond J. T., Jones D. E. (1981) , Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama, 1-244 |
| Weems R. E. (1999) Part 4. Actinopterygian Fishes from the Fisher/Sullivan Site, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 152, 53-100 |
| Fierstine H. L., Huddleston R. W., et al (2012) Catalog of the Neogene bony fishes of California: A ystematic inventory of all published accounts, Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 159, 1-206 |
| Betancur-R. R., Broughton R. E., et al (2013) The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes, PLOS Currents Tree of Life doi:10.1371/currents.tol.53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288 |
| Bannikov A. F. (2014) The systematic composition of the Eocene actinopterygian fish fauna from Monte Bolca, northern Italy, as known to date, Studi e ricerche sui giacimenti terziari di Bolca, XV - Miscellanea paleontologica 12, 23-34 |
| 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 |
| Ebersole J. A., Cicimurri D. J., et al (2019) Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths, European Journal of Taxonomy 585, 1-274 doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.585 |
Sphyraenidae
