Sparidae

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 565 occurrencesLate Cretaceous — about 11 of 565 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 5 of 565 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 65 of 565 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 48 of 565 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 306 of 565 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 64 of 565 occurrencesPleistocene — about 49 of 565 occurrences103–99 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences99–96 Mya — about 1 occurrence96–92 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences89–85 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences85–82 Mya — about 1 occurrence82–79 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 1 occurrence62–58 Mya — about 4 occurrences58–55 Mya — about 4 occurrences55–51 Mya — about 8 occurrences51–48 Mya — about 9 occurrences48–44 Mya — about 10 occurrences44–41 Mya — about 11 occurrences41–38 Mya — about 14 occurrences38–34 Mya — about 8 occurrences34–31 Mya — about 13 occurrences31–27 Mya — about 13 occurrences27–24 Mya — about 19 occurrences24–21 Mya — about 15 occurrences21–17 Mya — about 51 occurrences17–14 Mya — about 79 occurrences14–10 Mya — about 74 occurrences10–6.8 Mya — about 48 occurrences6.8–3.4 Mya — about 89 occurrences3.4–0 Mya — about 84 occurrences93.9 Mya11.7 ka103 Mya0 Mya

565 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

565 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

111 formations

Lagos-Portimão — 37.08°N, 8.28°WLagos-Portimão — 37.12°N, 8.54°WLagos-Portimão — 37.08°N, 8.67°WHrušky — 48.81°N, 16.63°ERaz-el-Ain — 35.71°N, 0.64°WLindos Bay — 36.09°N, 28.01°ELindos Bay — 36.26°N, 28.17°ELindos Bay — 36.36°N, 28.21°ECalcarenites of Sant Elm — 39.92°N, 3.06°ELondon Clay — 51.40°N, 0.83°ELondon Clay — 50.78°N, 0.65°WSelsey — 50.80°N, 1.21°WYorktown — 35.36°N, 76.82°WArgille Azzurre — 43.31°N, 11.49°EArgille Azzurre — 44.30°N, 11.57°EArgille Azzurre — 44.26°N, 11.66°ESzurdokpüspöki — 47.93°N, 19.76°EBarton Clay — 50.74°N, 1.69°WGrund — 48.63°N, 16.06°EBermont — 27.70°N, 82.50°WParana — 31.38°S, 60.23°WParana — 31.71°S, 60.55°WParana — 32.08°S, 60.49°WRío Banano — 9.92°N, 83.55°WRifle Butts — 45.03°S, 170.02°ERifle Butts — 45.12°S, 170.93°ERifle Butts — 45.08°S, 170.95°EChatton — 46.12°S, 168.79°EAshley — 32.95°N, 80.18°WAshley — 32.97°N, 80.20°WSant’Agata Fossili — 45.07°N, 7.94°EMarnes de Lestaillats — 43.17°N, 1.01°EMarnes de Lestaillats — 43.15°N, 1.04°EBolognano — 42.24°N, 14.04°EAlzey — 49.83°N, 7.72°EMonterey — 34.61°N, 120.44°WCalvert — 38.16°N, 76.83°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. 87 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 270 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

193 references

Each of the 565 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. 181 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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Picture of Sparidae

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No 3D scan of Sparidae was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Bonaparte 1832