Sparidae

Searched as Sparidae indet.. The Paleobiology Database treats Sparidae as the accepted name.

Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies, is a family of ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Acanthuriformes, although they were previously classified in the order Perciformes. The over 150 species are found in shallow and deep marine waters in temperate through tropical regions around the world. Most species are demersal carnivores.

Sparidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PerciformesPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Perciformes
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Perciformes
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Perciformes

Time the record covers

At least 93 million years on record.

The record covers at least 93.9 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 100.5 Mya to 0 Mya.

Early Cretaceous — about 0 of 93 occurrencesLate Cretaceous — about 9 of 93 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 1 of 93 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 8 of 93 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 9 of 93 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 51 of 93 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 6 of 93 occurrencesPleistocene — about 6 of 93 occurrences103–99 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences99–96 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences96–92 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences85–82 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences82–79 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences79–75 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences75–72 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences72–68 Mya — about 4 occurrences68–65 Mya — about 3 occurrences65–62 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences62–58 Mya — about 1 occurrence58–55 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences55–51 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences51–48 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences48–44 Mya — about 1 occurrence44–41 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences41–38 Mya — about 3 occurrences38–34 Mya — about 2 occurrences34–31 Mya — about 2 occurrences31–27 Mya — about 2 occurrences27–24 Mya — about 4 occurrences24–21 Mya — about 3 occurrences21–17 Mya — about 12 occurrences17–14 Mya — about 15 occurrences14–10 Mya — about 11 occurrences10–6.8 Mya — about 9 occurrences6.8–3.4 Mya — about 7 occurrences3.4–0 Mya — about 11 occurrences93.9 Mya11.7 ka103 Mya0 Mya

93 occurrences of Sparidae 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

93 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

45 formations

Lagos-Portimão — 37.08°N, 8.28°WLagos-Portimão — 37.12°N, 8.54°WLagos-Portimão — 37.08°N, 8.67°WParana — 31.38°S, 60.23°WParana — 31.71°S, 60.55°WParana — 32.08°S, 60.49°WMarnes de Lestaillats — 43.17°N, 1.01°EMarnes de Lestaillats — 43.15°N, 1.04°EHrušky — 48.81°N, 16.63°EVarswater — 32.98°S, 18.15°EVarswater — 33.67°S, 18.43°EBolognano — 42.24°N, 14.04°ELa Meseta — 64.23°S, 56.67°WArgille Azzurre — 44.30°N, 11.57°EArgille Azzurre — 44.26°N, 11.66°ESkawina — 50.28°N, 18.75°EPińczów — 50.64°N, 20.58°EPińczów — 50.43°N, 20.80°EGatun — 9.35°N, 79.80°WLos Alamitos — 41.95°S, 66.33°WTamiami — 26.72°N, 81.67°WVille — 50.90°N, 6.45°EDam — 25.98°N, 49.39°EGrund — 48.63°N, 16.06°EAlcântara — 2.40°S, 44.39°WBrackwater Molasse — 48.35°N, 9.86°EValmonte — 33.78°N, 118.33°WChandler Bridge — 33.03°N, 80.27°WYazoo — 31.93°N, 91.94°WMarnes d'Auzas — 43.21°N, 0.96°ECalcarenites of Sant Elm — 39.92°N, 3.06°EPorters Creek — 32.02°N, 87.42°W

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The named rock units Sparidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 21 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 33 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Sparidae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Sparidae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

4,419 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 285 sites for Sparidae, and this reads 240 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

64 references

Each of the 93 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. 52 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 Sparidae

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No 3D scan of Sparidae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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

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