Labriformes

Labriformes is an order of ray-finned fishes within the clade Percomorpha. Some authors include the Labriformes as the clade Labroidei within the Perciformes while others include more families within the Labriformes, such as the cichlids and damselfishes. This order was previously restricted to wrasses, parrotfishes, cales, and their close relatives, but most recent studies suggest that the Labriformes also contains highly aberrant groups such as the stargazers and sand lances, which are placed in their own suborder. Almost all members of this order are marine, with the only exception being the amphidromous torrentfish of New Zealand.

Labriformes

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
EupercariaPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes

Time the record covers

At least 48 million years on record.

The record covers at least 48.07 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 0 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 233 occurrencesEocene — about 48 of 233 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 7 of 233 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 92 of 233 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 13 of 233 occurrencesPleistocene — about 25 of 233 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 1 occurrence55–53 Mya — about 3 occurrences53–51 Mya — about 3 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 3 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 4 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 6 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 6 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 6 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 4 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 3 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 3 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 3 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 2 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 1 occurrence30–29 Mya — about 1 occurrence29–27 Mya — about 1 occurrence27–25 Mya — about 1 occurrence25–23 Mya — about 1 occurrence23–21 Mya — about 3 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 7 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 8 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 10 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 16 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 15 occurrences11–9.5 Mya — about 9 occurrences9.5–7.6 Mya — about 9 occurrences7.6–5.7 Mya — about 13 occurrences5.7–3.8 Mya — about 10 occurrences3.8–1.9 Mya — about 7 occurrences1.9–0 Mya — about 72 occurrences48.07 Mya11.7 ka57 Mya0 Mya

233 occurrences of Labriformes on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

233 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

56 formations

Selsey — 50.80°N, 1.21°WBahía Inglesa — 27.04°S, 70.81°WBahía Inglesa — 27.17°S, 70.87°WLagos-Portimão — 37.08°N, 8.28°WLagos-Portimão — 37.12°N, 8.54°WLagos-Portimão — 37.08°N, 8.67°WElmore — 50.80°N, 1.20°WAmeki — 5.00°N, 7.50°EAmeki — 5.56°N, 7.52°EPalos Verdes Sand — 33.76°N, 118.29°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.66°N, 117.90°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.60°N, 117.88°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WCalvert — 37.93°N, 77.51°WCalvert — 37.54°N, 77.44°WCalvert — 38.16°N, 76.83°WCalcarenites of Sant Elm — 39.92°N, 3.06°ERaz-el-Ain — 35.71°N, 0.64°WJaffna — 8.28°N, 79.82°EJaffna Limestone — 8.26°N, 79.84°ELa Meseta — 64.24°S, 56.60°WHrušky — 48.81°N, 16.63°ELondon Clay — 51.40°N, 0.83°ELondon Clay — 50.78°N, 0.65°WLeitha — 47.80°N, 16.63°ERío Banano — 9.92°N, 83.55°WEarnley — 51.08°N, 1.17°WSan Mateo — 33.20°N, 117.37°WBolognano — 42.24°N, 14.04°ETamiami — 27.34°N, 82.51°WBlack Rock Sandstone — 37.98°S, 145.05°EBlack Rock Sandstone — 37.99°S, 145.04°ETimms Point Silt — 33.73°N, 118.28°WUmm al-Rua’us — 26.43°N, 50.11°ELoxton — 34.15°S, 139.91°E

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The named rock units Labriformes has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 32 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 112 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Labriformes and its relatives

Miocene

Where Labriformes and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

3,071 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 133 sites for Labriformes, and this reads all of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

103 references

Each of the 233 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 91 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

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