Teleostei

Teleostei, members of which are known as teleosts, is, by far, the largest group of ray-finned fishes, with 96% of all extant species of fish. The Teleostei, which is variously considered a division or an infraclass in different taxonomic systems, include over 26,000 species that are arranged in about 40 orders and 448 families. Teleosts range from giant oarfish measuring 7.6 m (25 ft) or more, and ocean sunfish weighing over 2 t, to the minute male anglerfish Photocorynus spiniceps, just 6.2 mm (0.24 in) long. Including not only torpedo-shaped fish built for speed, teleosts can be flattened vertically or horizontally, be elongated cylinders or take specialised shapes as in anglerfish and seahorses.

Teleostei

Chiswick Chap ; Francis de Laporte de Castelnau · Public Domain · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 244 million years on record.

The record covers at least 244.4 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 248.6 Mya to 0 Mya.

Permian — about 0 of 9113 occurrencesEarly Triassic — about 0 of 9113 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 15 of 9113 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 52 of 9113 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 96 of 9113 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 13 of 9113 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 113 of 9113 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 286 of 9113 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 2335 of 9113 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 209 of 9113 occurrencesEocene — about 976 of 9113 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 568 of 9113 occurrencesMiocene — about 2587 of 9113 occurrencesPliocene — about 806 of 9113 occurrencesPleistocene — about 936 of 9113 occurrences254–245 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences245–237 Mya — about 15 occurrences237–228 Mya — about 8 occurrences228–220 Mya — about 2 occurrences220–211 Mya — about 26 occurrences211–203 Mya — about 11 occurrences203–194 Mya — about 26 occurrences194–186 Mya — about 7 occurrences186–178 Mya — about 57 occurrences178–169 Mya — about 11 occurrences169–161 Mya — about 13 occurrences161–152 Mya — about 11 occurrences152–144 Mya — about 99 occurrences144–135 Mya — about 32 occurrences135–127 Mya — about 22 occurrences127–118 Mya — about 83 occurrences118–110 Mya — about 88 occurrences110–101 Mya — about 57 occurrences101–93 Mya — about 549 occurrences93–85 Mya — about 305 occurrences85–76 Mya — about 637 occurrences76–68 Mya — about 701 occurrences68–59 Mya — about 326 occurrences59–51 Mya — about 227 occurrences51–42 Mya — about 391 occurrences42–34 Mya — about 394 occurrences34–25 Mya — about 429 occurrences25–17 Mya — about 746 occurrences17–8.5 Mya — about 1168 occurrences8.5–0 Mya — about 2672 occurrences244.4 Mya11.7 ka254 Mya0 Mya

9,113 occurrences of Teleostei 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

9,113 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

831 formations

Dinosaur Park — 50.81°N, 111.32°WDinosaur Park — 49.12°N, 110.47°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.51°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.40°WDinosaur Park — 50.81°N, 111.63°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.46°WDinosaur Park — 49.96°N, 110.27°WDinosaur Park — 50.68°N, 108.09°WHell Creek — 47.80°N, 106.10°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.13°WHell Creek — 47.57°N, 107.10°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 107.18°WHell Creek — 47.07°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.53°N, 106.88°WHell Creek — 46.90°N, 101.50°WHell Creek — 46.03°N, 103.77°WHell Creek — 46.45°N, 104.02°WHell Creek — 46.10°N, 103.30°WHell Creek — 45.95°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.33°N, 103.90°WHell Creek — 45.66°N, 105.08°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.40°WHell Creek — 47.09°N, 104.60°WHell Creek — 45.50°N, 103.10°WHell Creek — 45.64°N, 103.49°WHell Creek — 45.00°N, 103.19°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.00°WHell Creek — 47.27°N, 107.13°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 106.28°WOldman — 50.75°N, 111.51°WOldman — 49.10°N, 110.94°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.84°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.68°WOldman — 49.16°N, 110.72°WOldman — 50.83°N, 111.32°WOldman — 49.15°N, 110.40°WOldman — 49.30°N, 110.61°WOldman — 50.81°N, 111.63°WKoobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 4.07°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 4.22°N, 36.43°EKoobi Fora — 3.95°N, 36.42°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.89°N, 36.29°EKoobi Fora — 3.75°N, 36.36°EKoobi Fora — 3.73°N, 36.43°EKoobi Fora — 3.70°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 4.31°N, 36.22°EKoobi Fora — 4.06°N, 36.33°EKoobi Fora — 3.57°N, 36.33°EKoobi Fora — 3.59°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 4.26°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.26°EKoobi Fora — 3.78°N, 36.33°EMount Harris — 44.20°S, 170.71°EMount Harris — 44.48°S, 170.90°EMount Harris — 45.21°S, 170.88°EMount Harris — 45.14°S, 170.94°EMount Harris — 45.13°S, 170.96°EMount Harris — 44.30°S, 170.99°EMount Harris — 44.41°S, 171.06°EMount Harris — 44.49°S, 171.01°EMount Harris — 44.82°S, 170.88°EMount Harris — 45.03°S, 171.02°EMount Harris — 44.83°S, 170.97°EGreenhorn Limestone — 37.22°N, 103.60°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.00°N, 98.92°WGreenhorn Limestone — 44.65°N, 103.58°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.69°N, 103.94°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.81°N, 97.34°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.74°N, 97.65°WGreenhorn Limestone — 42.64°N, 96.53°WGreenhorn Limestone — 40.01°N, 97.17°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.46°N, 103.05°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.87°N, 98.51°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.94°N, 98.80°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.04°N, 98.99°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.78°N, 98.96°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.74°N, 99.04°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.92°N, 98.90°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.65°N, 103.93°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.81°N, 97.38°WNkondo — 1.50°N, 31.00°EPozo — 7.33°S, 74.95°WPozo — 7.33°S, 74.95°WPozo — 6.57°S, 76.27°WLindos Bay — 36.09°N, 28.01°ELindos Bay — 36.26°N, 28.17°ELindos Bay — 36.36°N, 28.21°EPebas — 7.36°S, 74.96°WPebas — 3.74°S, 73.25°WNiobrara — 38.91°N, 101.24°WNiobrara — 38.90°N, 101.13°WNiobrara — 38.72°N, 100.70°WNiobrara — 39.09°N, 99.85°WNiobrara — 38.84°N, 104.88°WNiobrara — 38.79°N, 100.70°WNiobrara — 43.41°N, 103.31°WNiobrara — 39.06°N, 99.23°WNiobrara — 38.75°N, 100.30°WNiobrara — 38.75°N, 100.50°WNiobrara — 38.79°N, 100.76°WNiobrara — 38.80°N, 100.19°WNavidad — 33.89°S, 71.83°WNavidad — 33.95°S, 71.87°WFox Hills — 46.05°N, 103.88°WFox Hills — 46.47°N, 99.58°WFox Hills — 46.42°N, 100.74°WFox Hills — 46.10°N, 100.42°WFox Hills — 46.26°N, 100.55°WFox Hills — 46.28°N, 100.52°WFox Hills — 46.11°N, 103.90°WFox Hills — 46.33°N, 100.32°WFox Hills — 46.38°N, 100.32°WFox Hills — 46.41°N, 100.86°WFox Hills — 44.52°N, 102.39°WFort Union — 46.91°N, 101.44°WFort Union — 46.05°N, 104.48°WFort Union — 47.60°N, 107.00°WFort Union — 47.58°N, 107.05°WGutingkeng — 23.00°N, 120.42°EGutingkeng — 22.84°N, 120.41°EGutingkeng — 22.85°N, 120.43°EMiretrain Marl — 43.56°N, 1.11°WAhlen — 51.83°N, 7.83°EAhlen — 51.86°N, 7.74°EAhlen — 51.80°N, 7.75°EModelo — 34.13°N, 118.42°WModelo — 34.13°N, 118.48°WModelo — 34.37°N, 119.24°WModelo — 34.08°N, 118.24°WModelo — 34.15°N, 118.47°WModelo — 34.34°N, 118.64°WChagres Sandstone — 9.28°N, 80.04°WChagres Sandstone — 9.18°N, 80.24°WChagres Sandstone — 9.16°N, 80.33°WLondon Clay — 51.40°N, 0.83°ELondon Clay — 50.83°N, 0.78°WLondon Clay — 51.85°N, 1.27°ELondon Clay — 51.51°N, 0.24°ELondon Clay — 51.54°N, 0.16°WLondon Clay — 50.78°N, 0.68°WLondon Clay — 51.48°N, 0.25°ELondon Clay — 51.63°N, 0.81°EMooreville Chalk — 33.12°N, 88.26°WMooreville Chalk — 32.95°N, 88.08°WMooreville Chalk — 32.76°N, 88.02°WMooreville Chalk — 32.85°N, 88.04°WMooreville Chalk — 32.84°N, 87.89°WMooreville Chalk — 32.32°N, 86.46°WMooreville Chalk — 31.91°N, 87.87°WMooreville Chalk — 32.94°N, 88.06°WMooreville Chalk — 32.60°N, 87.68°WMooreville Chalk — 32.44°N, 87.24°WMilk River — 49.10°N, 111.80°WGreen River — 41.77°N, 110.75°WGreen River — 41.87°N, 110.68°WGreen River — 41.67°N, 110.67°WGreen River — 41.78°N, 110.73°WGreen River — 41.48°N, 109.47°WGreen River — 42.37°N, 110.62°WGreen River — 41.61°N, 109.39°WGreen River — 42.07°N, 110.09°WGreen River — 41.63°N, 109.50°WGreen River — 41.56°N, 109.55°WGreen River — 42.17°N, 109.42°WCubagua — 11.89°N, 70.04°WCubagua — 10.83°N, 64.20°WCubagua — 10.59°N, 64.24°W

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The named rock units Teleostei has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 807 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 3,385 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Teleostei and its relatives

Miocene

Where Teleostei and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

1,627 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 868 sites for Teleostei, and this reads 240 of them. 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

1,510 references

Each of the 9,113 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. 1,498 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 content2

Picture of Teleostei

Credit
Chiswick Chap ; Francis de Laporte de Castelnau
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

Licence
In Copyright
Commercial use
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Specimen
Teleostei indet. · muvp:MUVP 822

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. (Müller 1846)