Merlucciidae

The Merlucciidae, commonly called merluccid hakes, are a family of cod-like fish, containing two genera. They are the only member of the suborder Merlucciodei. They are native to cold water in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and typically are found at depths greater than 50 m (160 ft) in subtropical, temperate, sub-Arctic or sub-Antarctic regions.

Merlucciidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
GadoideiPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Gadiformes
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Gadiformes
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Gadiformes

Time the record covers

At least 61 million years on record.

The record covers at least 61.66 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 143.1 Mya to 0 Mya.

Late Jurassic — about 0 of 142 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 0 of 142 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 0 of 142 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 11 of 142 occurrencesEocene — about 28 of 142 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 32 of 142 occurrencesMiocene — about 40 of 142 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 15 of 142 occurrencesPleistocene — about 14 of 142 occurrences146–141 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences141–136 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences136–131 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences131–127 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences127–122 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences122–117 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences117–112 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences112–107 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences107–102 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences102–97 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences97–92 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences92–88 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences88–83 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences83–78 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences78–73 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences73–68 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences68–63 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences63–58 Mya — about 9 occurrences58–54 Mya — about 4 occurrences54–49 Mya — about 8 occurrences49–44 Mya — about 6 occurrences44–39 Mya — about 8 occurrences39–34 Mya — about 2 occurrences34–29 Mya — about 17 occurrences29–24 Mya — about 13 occurrences24–19 Mya — about 6 occurrences19–15 Mya — about 8 occurrences15–9.7 Mya — about 14 occurrences9.7–4.9 Mya — about 17 occurrences4.9–0 Mya — about 27 occurrences61.66 Mya11.7 ka146 Mya0 Mya

142 occurrences of Merlucciidae 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

142 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

42 formations

London Clay — 51.85°N, 1.27°ELondon Clay — 51.51°N, 0.24°ELondon Clay — 51.37°N, 1.13°ELondon Clay — 50.78°N, 0.65°WLondon Clay — 51.40°N, 0.83°ELellinge Greensand — 55.63°N, 12.62°ELellinge Greensand — 55.71°N, 12.60°EYorktown — 35.36°N, 76.82°WPalos Verdes Sand — 34.00°N, 118.20°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.75°N, 118.29°WMenilite — 49.74°N, 21.61°EMenilite — 49.63°N, 22.57°EMenilite — 49.75°N, 21.94°EBoom Clay — 51.13°N, 4.26°EBoom Clay — 51.09°N, 4.40°ECalvert — 38.16°N, 76.83°WBassevelde Sand — 51.08°N, 4.35°EOtaio Gorge Sandstone — 44.52°S, 170.93°EWaihao Greensand — 44.40°S, 171.04°EHrušky — 48.81°N, 16.63°EPort Orford — 42.81°N, 124.53°WElmore — 50.80°N, 1.21°WPort Campbell Limestone — 37.72°S, 141.93°EJan Juc — 38.33°S, 144.30°EAlzey — 49.83°N, 7.72°EEbelsberg — 48.21°N, 14.22°EOnzole — 0.87°N, 79.89°WTashlik — 49.06°N, 31.90°EKuma Horizon — 43.22°N, 40.37°EMenelite — 49.93°N, 22.02°EChoptank — 38.16°N, 76.83°WSt. Marys — 38.16°N, 76.83°WEger — 47.90°N, 20.40°E

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The named rock units Merlucciidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 18 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 77 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Merlucciidae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Merlucciidae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

3,072 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 120 sites for Merlucciidae, 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

74 references

Each of the 142 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. 62 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

Media content1

Picture of Merlucciidae

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Gill 1884